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Newsletter: Public Health System Transformation Update
Transforming the Public Health System in Minnesota
Subscribe: Public Health System Transformation Update
These regular updates from the Joint Leadership Team for System Transformation in Minnesota share more on how and why we're updating Minnesota's public health system to be seamless, responsive, and publicly-supported.
These updates will not contain information on how to implement foundational responsibility grant funding or deadlines; for information on grant responsibilities and deadlines, please visit: Funding for Foundational Public Health Responsibilities.
September 2024: What does a publicly-supported public health system look like?
July 2024: Three local innovation projects making strides in population health data
June 2024: What does a responsive public health system look like?
May 2024: What does a seamless public health system look like?
April 2024: What are foundational responsibilities?
March 2024: Inaugural newsletter
September 2024
What does a publicly-supported public health system look like?
Building support for public health can mean that communities trust public health and invite engagement and collaboration, and that decision-makers support public health policies. Read on to learn more.
What does a publicly-supported public health system look like?
It has the trust and support of partners and community, is accountable to itself and others, and has adequate funding and staffing to be effective...
Read more: What does a publicly-supported public health system look like?
New communications toolkit: Inspire your partners to support and strengthen public health
When you can show someone that your work plays an important role in fulfilling their dreams, they can, in turn, understand why it’s important to support public health...
Video interview: Relationships create a stronger public health system
Last month, PHAB spoke with Tarryl Clark of Stearns County, Nick Kelley of Bloomington, and Madison Anderson of MDH about the relationships at the core of public health...
What's on our radar this month?
Four issue briefs from the National Association of Counties (NACo) to help county leaders build the case for health in their counties, a webinar series on dispelling misinformation, and more...
July 2024
Three local innovation projects making strides in population health data
Learn about projects in the Twin Cities, southeastern Minnesota, and the Arrowhead that are helping Minnesota reconsider population health data.
Feature story
Three local innovation projects making strides in population health data
A deeper dive into projects in the Twin Cities, southeastern Minnesota, and the Arrowhead that are helping Minnesota reconsider population health data work...
Read more: Three local innovation projects making strides in population health data
Twin Cities Metro
Electronic health records can supplement local public health data collection
Health Trends Across Communities in Minnesota (HTAC-MN) helps local public health agencies statewide tap into existing electronic health record data, to supplement work on community health assessment and planning, policy development, and more...
Read more: EHR can supplement local public health data collection
Southeast MN
A region shares data, expertise, and partnership
Olmsted County Public Health, in partnership with neighboring jurisdictions in southeast Minnesota, is exploring whether larger health departments can support their smaller regional neighbors in population data, epidemiology, and assessment and planning efforts—and possibly increase an entire region’s data capacity...
Read more: Southeastern Minnesota shares data, expertise, and partnership
Arrowhead Region
Building a strong foundation for data-informed planning, communications, and decision-making
The Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis Community Health Board has developed a regional data, planning, and communications team, which supports the building blocks of public health practice across programs and jurisdictions...
Read more: Building a strong foundation for data-informed work in the Arrowhead Region
June 2024
What does a responsive public health system look like?
Join the Joint Leadership Team to consider what a responsive public health system looks like, and for a deeper dive on flexible funding for foundational public health responsibilities.
A deeper dive: Flexible funding for foundational responsibilities
To do foundational public health work within a local context, Minnesota community health boards need funding that’s flexible, complements community strengths, and meets local opportunities...
Read more: Flexible funding for foundational responsibilities
What does a responsive public health system look like?
It can react quickly and effectively to today’s opportunities and challenges, plan for tomorrow’s, and use lessons learned from the past to grow stronger and more capable...
Read more: What does a responsive public health system look like?
What's on our radar this month?
Communications: National League of Cities: "Plain Talk About" series discusses ways to communicate more clearly about community health, well-being, health equity, and systems change...
May 2024
What does a seamless public health system look like?
Join Commissioner Tarryl Clark of Stearns County to consider what a seamless public health system means, hear updates, and more.
What does system transformation mean to me?
Thoughts from Commissioner Tarryl Clark of Stearns County: Like many elected officials, I entered public service because I wanted to find ways to connect with others, to help strengthen families and create vibrant communities...
Read more: What does system transformation mean to Stearns County Commissioner Tarryl Clark?
What does a seamless public health system look like?
It works cohesively: across jurisdictions, levels of government, geographies, sectors, and more. Where you live shouldn’t determine your level of public health protection...
Read more: What does a seamless public health system look like?
What's happening this month?
Speaking consistently about the role and value of public health, using data on capacity to support strategic and business planning, kicking off work to increase capacity in foundational responsibilities, and convening to learn, discuss, and share...
Resources on our radar
A webinar from PHAB on service and resource-sharing approaches, and a book from de Beaumont on communicating about health...
April 2024
What are foundational responsibilities?
Join the Joint Leadership Team to learn what foundational responsibilities look like today and in the future.
What are foundational responsibilities?
The foundational responsibilities consist of the population-level activities unique to governmental public health, all encircled by equity. These responsibilities should be in place everywhere for public health to work anywhere in Minnesota...
What do foundational responsibilities look like in practice?
Public health partners across Minnesota, at the state, local, tribal, and community level, are working together to answer...
Read more: What do foundational responsibilities look like in practice?
On our radar: Resources and opportunities
A docuseries from PBS on how public health makes modern life possible, and a book from ASTHO on strategic skills for public health professionals...
Read more: Resources and opportunities on our radar in April 2024
March 2024
Inaugural newsletter
Join Nick Kelley of Bloomington Public Health to learn about the Joint Leadership Team and what it's working on this month.
What does system transformation mean to me?
Thoughts from Nick Kelley, Bloomington Public Health Director: When I was growing up, my dad was a nurse and my mom taught special education, and we would often hear stories of our family’s history of public service. I grew up with a love of history and a fascination for infectious disease...
Read more: What does system transformation mean to Nick Kelley of Bloomington Public Health?
What's happening this month?
Locally-led innovation projects, an environmental scan of the public health system, flexible funding for foundational responsibilities, strengthening Tribal health infrastructure...
What is the Joint Leadership Team?
The Joint Leadership Team envisions a seamless, responsive, publicly-supported public health system that works closely with the community to ensure healthy, safe, and vibrant communities...
A note from the Joint Leadership Team
We heard you ask for more consistent and transparent communication about Minnesota’s work to transform, strengthen, and update the governmental public health system, and we understand...
Read more: A note from the Joint Leadership Team about staying in touch
A note from the Joint Leadership Team
March 2024
When we think of what it means to “transform” Minnesota’s public health system, we each picture what that means to us and our communities, along with our specific part in it and how our work fits into the whole.
As a Joint Leadership Team, when we picture a transformed public health system, we envision a seamless, responsive, publicly-supported public health system that works closely with the community to ensure healthy, safe, and vibrant communities. This system of state, local, and tribal health departments will help Minnesotans be healthy regardless of where they live.
We heard you ask for more consistent and transparent communication about Minnesota’s work to transform, strengthen, and update the governmental public health system, and we understand. We all do better when we know who’s at the table, what’s going on at any given time, and where we’re headed together in the future.
This regular newsletter is one part of a more transparent communication strategy from the Joint Leadership Team. In the future, the Joint Leadership Team will also share more and different updates, including an FAQ of your frequently asked questions.
If you’d like to reach out to the Joint Leadership Team at any time, we’d love to hear from you. Please subscribe to learn how we’re all working together to update our public health system to be more seamless, responsive, and publicly-supported.
Thank you!
— The Joint Leadership Team for Public Health System Transformation in Minnesota
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