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Impacting Public Health: PHIG Success Stories

PHIG Success Stories

See firsthand stories of impact from the Public Health Infrastructure Grant. From small wins to transformative changes, these PHIG Success Stories give us a glimpse into how PHIG fosters widespread innovation in public health systems and structures.

  • Illinois Leverages PHIG for Innovative Clinical Tools and Predictive Analytics

    PHIG funding helped the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) take its cloud-based data infrastructure further. A formal data-sharing agreement between IDPH and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services is improving insights into Medicaid populations. In response to the heatwave, IDPH developed a dashboard that combines temperature data, heat indices, and predictive analytics on heat-related cases to support public health teams in effectively monitoring and responding to heat wave risks. With new cloud capabilities, IDPH also launched a Measles Outbreak Dashboard using machine learning to help anticipate and monitor potential outbreak patterns in real time for Illinois schools. By improving how data is shared and applied, IDPH is helping ensure better health outcomes for communities throughout Illinois.

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  • Illinois Upgrades Data Infrastructure to Improve Speed and Integration

    With support from PHIG, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) migrated its Master Person Index to the Snowflake cloud platform, improving record-matching speed by up to eight times and enabling the processing of 2 million records daily. This upgrade gives staff a comprehensive view of individual patients by linking diverse data sources such as hospital discharge records, vital statistics, immunization data, and more. It also lays the groundwork for critical data integration, including efforts to connect public health data with Medicaid data and Prescription Monitoring Program data. Through these advancements, IDPH is strengthening its data infrastructure to deliver more responsive, data-driven public health services.

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  • Chicago Uses PHIG to Upgrade Health Department Onboarding Process

    The Chicago Department of Health (CDPH) used PHIG funds to modernize its employee onboarding and training system. CDPH transformed onboarding from a three-hour in-person meeting into a digital, interactive training module that employees can revisit anytime during their tenure. Additionally, CDPH developed a training creation process that enables internal employees to contribute content. These contributions are then adapted into interactive trainings tailored for staff, strengthening onboarding and fostering continuous learning across CDPH.

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  • Illinois PHIG Impact Report

    Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how his team is using the PHIG to impact the state of Illinois.

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  • Chicago Public Health Boosts Retention with PHIG Support

    The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has used PHIG funding to maintain key staff positions, achieving an impressive 88% retention rate from July 2023 to November 2024—an accomplishment that has stabilized and strengthened public health services across the city. To support these efforts, CDPH transformed employee onboarding with a digital, interactive module that employees can revisit as needed, making the experience more accessible and effective. Additionally, insights from over 200 employees who participated in a Belonging and Psychological Safety Survey have led to targeted improvements, such as Lunch & Learn sessions to address workplace culture and ongoing engagement. Leadership roles funded by PHIG, such as the Assistant Commissioner and Director of Planning and Research Development, provide these initiatives with essential support and direction, enabling CDPH to sustain these positive outcomes.

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  • Illinois Strengthens Public Health Infrastructure with New Data Modernization Director

    Recipients have utilized PHIG funding to staff dedicated DMI positions and convene advisory committees. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently hired Gayatri Raol as its Data Modernization Director to oversee…

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