In this episode, we speak with Heidi Laird and Xavier Foster from the Southern Nevada Health District about two PHIG-funded initiatives designed to expand access to mental health support while genuinely engaging the next generation.
Nevada is using PHIG to achieve accreditation and build a culture of quality improvement, which has led to major efficiency gains, especially in contracting.
Southern Nevada Health District used a QI approach to make small changes in their Healthy Start recruitment process, which doubled program enrollment.
PHIG funding enabled the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services to partner with the Nevada Association of Counties (NACO) to assess county-level public health needs, which informed Nevada’s first-ever $15 million allocation to local public…
With PHIG funding, Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) successfully launched its AWS Data Lake project in August, a significant innovation in data modernization. This new infrastructure has transformed how DPBH stores and analyzes…
