North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Jurisdiction: Statewide
Lead Agency:
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $1,037,779
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Conduct a self-assessment and address gaps in public health accreditation readiness
  • Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of business operations and programmatic services using quality improvement methods to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities and to achieve substantial Return On Investment
  • Increase the use of evidence-based practices by addressing recommendations from its evidence-based task force
  • Enhance the State Center for Health Statistics’ web-based data dissemination tool, HealthStats
  • Improve the vital records system, including implementation planning for the revised death certificate and an electronic death registration system

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $1,037,779
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Build on accomplishments of the North Carolina Center for Public Health Quality to continue addressing workforce, operations, and evidence-based practice translation needs in public health practice, as well as improve centralized data collection and technology capacity for the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
  • Enhance the Center for Public Health Quality,  as it supports North Carolina's vision to integrate continuous quality improvement within the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) and contribute to system-wide improvements
  • Develop a strategic plan for NCDPH to increase accreditation readiness
  • Increase the efficiencies of NCDPH business and operations processes by at least 25% from baseline by eliminating waste and non-value added activities
  • Increase the use and identification of evidence-based and promising practices by engaging in cross-jurisdictional partnerships and aligning resources across the state
  • Assist in further enhancing the information technology capacity currently underway through a centralized resource that provides health data and analytical services to state, local, and tribal public health departments to create and evaluate data-driven programs that address infant mortality, preventable diseases, and leading causes of death