Tools and resources

Tools and templates

• Quality Improvement (QI) Assessment Tools (NACCHO)
  • Condensed version (NACCHO)
  • Long version (NACCHO)
• QI Plan Template (Ohio State University)
• PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) Tracking Form
• Performance management self-assessment tool (Public Health Foundation)
• 5S in the Workplace Guidance
• QI Project Scoping Document
• QI tools and templates (NACCHO)
• QI tools (Public Health Foundation)
• SOLVE Guide - Colorado's Approach to Lean Process Improvement
• QI Project Documentation - SOLVE Template (Scoping and Problem Solving)
• Lean Ohio Project Starter Kit

Locally developed tools

Contact ophp@state.co.us with tools or resources you would like to share.

From Denver Public Health:

• A3 problem-solving tool guide| training
  • A3 template docs| sheets
• Standard work guide|training
  • Standard work map template docs|sheets
  • Algorithm flowchart template slides
  • Checklist template docs | sheets
  • Job breakdown template docs | sheet

Related resources

• Roadmap to a Culture of QI (NACCHO)
• CDPHE's 2020-2022 Quality Improvement Plan
• Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) Standards and Measures
  • PHAB Version 1.5, CHAPS and Public Health Act Crosswalk
• Public Health Foundation (PHF)
  • Public Health Quality Improvement (QI) Encyclopedia
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
  • Accreditation Preparation
  • Quality Improvement
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
• National Indian Health Board