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Help: LPH Act Performance Measures

In 2010, the State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC) recommended substantial changes to Minnesota’s local public health improvement system, particularly the Local Public Health Act measures of the state’s Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System (PPMRS). In essence, SCHSAC recommended aligning with the national standards, developing a performance management system, and assisting all community health boards (CHBs) to achieve the national standards. [1]

SCHSAC convened the Performance Improvement Steering Committee to implement these recommendations. The Committee retained the framework of six areas of responsibility to organize the measures, which will phase into PPMRS during 2013 and 2014.

For more information on these new performance measures and when they will be phased into the system, see below.

2013-
2014

2013
  • New infrastructure capacity measures will be introduced
  • CHBs will also report on measures in the other five areas of responsibility; but the measures in these other five areas will be familiar from years past with only a few new developmental measures

2014
  • Reporting on the new infrastructure capacity measures will continue (as signified by the arrow, below)
  • New measures of local public health services will be introduced for four areas of responsibility
  • Measures on the final area of responsibility (Environmental Health) are still in development and and will phase into PPMRS after being vetted
See also: Guidance for Reporting into PPMRS as a Multi-County CHB

2013 Measures

  

2014 Measures
Capacity   Capacity
Assure an Adequate Local Public Health Infrastructure → Assure an Adequate Local Public Health Infrastructure
Services   Services
Promote Health Communities and Healthy Behaviors   Promote Health Communities and Healthy Behaviors
Prevent the Spread of Infectious Diseases   Prevent the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Protect Against Environmental Health Hazards   Protect Against Environmental Health Hazards (in development)
Prepare/Respond to Disaster; Assist Communities in Recovery   Prepare/Respond to Disaster; Assist Communities in Recovery
Assure the Quality and Accessibility of Health Services   Assure the Quality and Accessibility of Health Services


References

  1. For more information on the SCHSAC decision to align with the national standards, read the SCHSAC Performance Improvement and Accreditation Workgroup's final report: National Public Health Standards and Voluntary Accreditation (PDF: 725KB / 56 pages). [return]