Partner Resources

Transformation Resources

For local health departments, healthcare providers and community partners

On this page:

• Key Public Health Messages
• CCO Incentive Measures and Performance Improvement Project Resources
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes
• Community Health Assessments and Quality Improvement
• Health and Early Learning
• Evidence-based Programs and Services
• National Resources

Key Public Health Messages

• Public Health and Coordinated Care Organizations (pdf)
  Helping CCOs achieve their goals: Prevention programs, community-based prevention guidelines, health assessment, and health equity.
• Public Health Accreditation and Health System Transformation (pdf)
  CCOs and public health accreditation: Working together to change the system for better efficiency, accountability, value and health outcomes.
• Community Health Assessment (pdf)
  Collecting, analyzing and using data to educate and mobilize communities, develop priorities, garner resources and plan actions to improve the public's health.
• Understanding the Types of Community Health Assessments (pdf)
  Learn about the role of public health and private health care in assessing the health needs of communities.
• Public Health and Primary Care
  Resources to help public health and primary care partners learn how to increase our understanding of each other's strengths as we work together to promote community health and wellness.

Coordinated Care Organization Incentive Measures and Performance Improvement Project Resources

• Adolescent Well Visit Guidance Document (pdf)
• Effective Contraceptive Use Guidance Document (pdf)
• Evidence-based Strategies for Improving Childhood Immunization Rates (pdf)
• Evidence-based Strategies for Reducing Tobacco Use (pdf)
• Reducing Opioid Overdose, Misuse and Dependency: Guide for CCOs (pdf)

Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes

• Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute
  Access resources designed for patient-centered primary care homes, including upcoming and archived webinars focused on a variety of population health topics.

Community Health Assessments and Quality Improvement

• The Oregon Public Health Assessment Tool (OPHAT) is a web-based tool that accesses, analyzes and displays public health data for community health assessments. OPHAT is free to all Oregon public health agencies as well as hospitals and CCOs engaged in community health assessment. To set up an OPHAT user account or arrange webinar-based training, email OPHAT.Administration@dhsoha.state.or.us
• NACCHO provides resources, publications, and fact sheets to assist county health departments in the community health assessment and improvement planning processes.
• The CDC Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation (CHANGE) tool walks community members through a health assessment and need prioritization process.
• The National Network of Public Health Institutes offers tools on quality improvement and public health evidence-based practices.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation includes county health rankings, information on accreditation and quality improvement, and examples of successful public health partnerships.
• The Health Resources and Services Administration Quality Toolkit is designed to assist health care organizations with its quality improvement efforts. The toolkit is comprised of tools and resources to support an organization's new or existing QI program.
• The Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX) is a centralized communication hub dedicated to supporting quality improvement efforts in public health practices throughout the county. You may submit your own quality improvement initiative or search for interventions that might be relevant to your community.

Health and Early Learning

• Health System and Early Learning Transformation
• Early Childhood Systems Alignment

Evidence-based Programs and Services

• The Community Guide includes a systematic review of programs and policies to improve community health and prevent disease.
• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force conducts scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services (such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications) and develops recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems.

National Resources

• The CDC’s State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health Professionals Gateway offers information, resources, and training opportunities related to changes in the health system, with an emphasis on how they affect state, tribal, local, and territorial health agencies.
• The American Public Health Association provides information related to the ACA’s Prevention and Public Health Fund, including background, FAQs, and key resources.