About the Office of Performance Improvement
Working across MDH and in partnership with local health departments, The Office of Performance Improvement (OPI) provides leadership, technical assistance, consultation, planning support, and performance measurement to assure that public health activities are closely coordinated and non-duplicative between state and local governments; are of high quality; reflect strategic goals; and that all Minnesotans, regardless of where they live, have access to the basic services of public health.
More About OPI
- OPI Communications
- Other Sites Maintained by OPI
- Maps: CHBs, SCHSAC Regions, Public Health Nurse Consultants
- Contact OPI
OPI Mission
The Office of Performance Improvement (OPI) exists to build capacity and improve performance of Minnesota’s state and local public health system.
OPI Goals
Click on a goal below to learn more about relevant OPI activities.
1. Maintain and expand public health partnerships and advocate on behalf of local and tribal public health.
- Minnesota Public Health Research to Action Network
- Healthy Minnesota 2020 (Related: Healthy People 2020; Non-MDH site)
- National Public Health Accreditation
- The Quality Improvement Collaborative
- State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC)
- Local Public Health Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System (PPMRS)
- Community Health Conference
- 2011 QI Showcase and Training Conference
- Local Public Health Act
- CHS Mailbag and Calendar
- Local Public Health Trailhead
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Performance Improvement and Accreditation
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Performance Improvement Steering Committee
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Statewide Local Public Health Objectives
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Blueprint for Successful Local Health Departments
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Climate Change Adaptation
2. Develop and improve performance management for public health in Minnesota.
- The Quality Improvement Collaborative
- National Public Health Accreditation
- Local Public Health Assessment and Planning (formerly CHAAP)
- Minnesota Public Health Research to Action Network
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Performance Improvement and Accreditation
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Performance Improvement Steering Committee
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Blueprint for Successful Local Health Departments
3. Strengthen public health practice, workforce, and structures.
- CHS Administration and CHS Admin. Handbook
- Local Public Health Trailhead
- Local Public Health Act
- The Public Health Workforce
- Public Health Nurse Consultants
- PHN News
- Public Health Nursing Practice Council
- Local Public Health Assessment and Planning (formerly CHAAP)
- Local Public Health Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System (PPMRS)
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Building Health Information Exchange Capacity
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Blueprint for Successful Local Health Departments
- SCHSAC Workgroup: Public Health Emergency Preparedness
For More Information
Please contact OPI Director Debra Burns by phone (651-201-3873) or email (debra.burns@state.mn.us).