The Southern Nevada Health District used PHIG to hire a certified case management nurse focused on congenital syphilis. The results? Lower medical costs, fewer cases, and fewer infant deaths.
Learn how public health accreditation helped Montana and Nevada improve their health agencies’ work in this blog.
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.
