Center for Healthcare Excellence

The Center for Healthcare Excellence (CHE) at MPHI is committed to working collaboratively with our partners to transform public health systems and improve the health of communities. CHE staff have extensive experience working in a wide variety of areas related to public health and healthcare, and provide clients with a variety of services including and especially research, evaluation, and technical assistance services. Our services include:

Research

• Survey research
• Study design
• Data collection and analysis
• Report writing and dissemination of research findings

Evaluation

• Qualitative and quantitative evaluation
• Evaluation planning and implementation
• Logic modeling
• Evaluability assessment

Technical Assistance

• Needs assessment
• Public health surveillance
• Project coordination, facilitation, and management
• Training services

Resources

• Survey Research Unit (SRU): Operating for over 11 years, the SRU in CHE has extensive experience in survey research methodology. SRU operates a ten-station Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing lab with random digit dial capabilities and has the capacity to complete over 2,700 hours of data collection per month. In addition to conducting interviews and other data collection activities, the SRU can assist with problem definition, sampling and weighting methodology, questionnaire design, data entry and verification, data analysis, report writing and presentations, and dissemination of results.
  
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab: The GIS Lab is a new resource offered by CHE at MPHI. GIS makes it possible to integrate and analyze public health data from a geographic perspective, providing a tool to address public health concerns such as: investigating the causes of public health crises such as childhood obesity; disaster preparedness and emergency planning; identifying patterns of violent crime; discovering public health risks; and identifying barriers to health care access. GIS is used for scientific research, program evaluation, quality improvement, resource and asset management, need and impact assessment, and emergency preparedness planning.

Contact Information

For more information about CHE or the GIS Lab, please contact:

Julia Heany, Ph.D.
Program Director
(517) 324-7349
jheany@mphi.org

For information about the Survey Research Unit, please contact:

Anya-Victoria Day, M.P.H.
Associate Director & Survey Lab Coordinator
(517) 324-7316
aday@mphi.org

For information about the Local Public Health Accreditation Program, please contact:

Kanchan Lota, M.P.H.
Program Coordinator
(517) 324-8362
klota@mphi.org