Environmental Health Continuous
Improvement Board
July 8, 2015 Meeting Take-Home Points and Action Items
Take-Home Points
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The Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board (Board) and staff from the
Partnership and Workforce Development Unit of the Food, Pools and Lodging Services
(FPLS) section at MDH continued to follow a structured quality improvement approach
to improve the FPLS program evaluation process. Creating a map of the process at the
May meeting was an important first step in understanding all of the issues before
jumping to solutions. At its July meeting, the Board took what it learned from the map
of the process and related information about the process and used it to identify and
prioritize issues.
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At its July meeting, the Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board (Board)
identified and prioritized a number of issues in the current Food, Pools, and Lodging
Services (FPLS) program evaluation process (a full list of these issues is attached). The
Board would like to know if these issues resonate with those who participated in the
FPLS program evaluation process and will be asking for constituent feedback before
their September meeting, where they will identify and prioritize solutions to these
issues.
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The Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board (Board) will be presenting a
concurrent session at the 2015 Community Health Conference. The session will be
interactive and focus on the role of environmental health in public health and the
history of the Board and its work to date.
Action Items
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EHCIB members will share a summary of the issues identified in the current FPLS
evaluation process with constituents and gather feedback.
MDH EH staff and Health Partnerships Division staff will develop a draft map/inventory
of existing environmental health committees, networking groups, forums, etc. for the
Board to review at a future meeting.
Karen Swenson, Allie Freidrichs, Tom Hogan, and Steven Diaz will develop the content
for the EHCIB’s concurrent session at the 2015 Community Health Conference and share
it with the Board at its September meeting.
Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board
Minnesota Department of Health
Public Health Practice Section – Health Partnerships Division
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
(651) 201-3880
Upcoming Meetings
 September 9, 2015
 November 16, 2015
Environmental Health Continuous Improvement Board
Minnesota Department of Health
Public Health Practice Section – Health Partnerships Division
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
(651) 201-3880