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Public Health Impact Task Force (PHITF)

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Dr. Rahul Gupta, State Health Officer and Commissioner for the Bureau for Public Health (BPH), commissioned the PHITF with membership comprising of representatives from BPH, local health departments, private and public partner organizations, and policy makers. The goal of the task force is to redefine the mission of public health in West Virginia by making recommendations to define structural and organizational changes required to revolutionize the public health system.

Timeline

Accomplishments

Documentation

April

PHITF Launch - Charge and Purpose of the Task Force

Presentation: A Call to Action by Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, Commissioner and State Health Officer

  Agenda
  Minutes
  
  Presentation:
​  • A Call to Action

May

Presentation: The Local Governmental Public Health System
Presentation: The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health

  Agenda 
  Minutes

  Presentations:
  • The Local Governmental  
     Public Health System
  • The West Virginia 
     Bureau for Public Health
 

June

Presentation:  Local Health Department Audits

  • PHITF Survey
  • PHITF Formed four (4) workgroups in alignment with Vital Signs for Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress - Institute of Medicine Report
  • Expanded PHITF membership

  Agenda
​  Minutes 

  Presentation:
​  • BOH Audit Overview

July

Presentation: Future of Public Health – Population Health, Prevention, Adoption of standard EHR system, Create regional health alliances

  Agenda
  Minutes

  Presentation:
​  • Future of Public Health

August

Presentation: National Public Health Accreditation Board 
Presentation: West Virginia Basic Public Health Performance Standards

  Agenda
  Minutes
  
  Presentations:
  • Accreditation Board
  • WV BPH Performance   
     Standards

September

Presentation: Public Health Changes in Ohio - Lessons Learned

  • Bureau for Public Health charged with development of model (PHITF Approved Motion)
  • HITF Survey

  Agenda
  Minutes
 
  Presentation:
​  • Ohio Public Health 

October

 

10.14.15

Presentation: Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department: A Regional Approach 

10.28.15

Presentation: Virginia Department of Health – District Structure and Funding
Presentation: Framework for a West Virginia Minimum Package of Public Health  Services (introduced by the Better Health workgroup)

  Agenda
​  10.14.15
  10.28.15

  Minutes
​  10.14.15
  10.28.15

  Presentations:
  • Mid-Ohio Valley
  • Virginia Dept of Health
  • Minimum Package

November

West Virginia Association of Local Health Departments (WVALHD) Key Concepts presented to the Bureau for Public Health

 

December

12.9.15

Presentation: Bureau for Public Health Core Concepts
Presentation: Community Engagement Workgroup
 

 12.22.15

Report​​

​​​​

  Agenda
  12. 9.15
  12.22.15

  Minutes
  12. 9.15
  12.22.15

  Presentations: 
  • BPH Core Concepts
  • Community Engagement

  Report 
  • PHITF Report  
   

WV Public Health Task Force Membership click here
Operating Procedures and Guidelines click here
Meeting Schedule click here

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