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CDPH Strategic Plan Executive Summary
Background
Over the past few years, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has experienced many organizational challenges. These include the growth of organizational divisions, budget reductions, an early retirement initiative that resulted in the loss of key personnel, changes in leadership, an increasing under- and uninsured populations, and greater demands for services. In light of these challenges, CDPH engaged in a strategic planning effort to focus the energies of the Department, set organizational priorities, and guide the allocation of public health resources.
Vision: Making Chicago the Healthiest City in the U.S.
Mission: To make Chicago a safer and healthier city by working in partnership to promote health, prevent disease and injury, reduce environmental hazards and assure access to care.
Core Values:
- Responsive services
- Integrity
- Positive work environment
- Excellence
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Department Overview
CDPH's vision and mission reflect the commitment to the 10 Essential Public Health Services, and serve as a guide for organizing departmental activities. At over 40 service sites across the city, CDPH's 1,200 employees provide a variety of direct clinical care services and population-based health services such as communicable disease control, environmental health protection, health promotion and health surveillance. CDPH also engages in policy development, performance management and improvement, epidemiology, and community and system-wide planning.
In addition to delivering core public health services, CDPH is also a major provider of both mental health and primary care services, operating a network of community-based clinics available to some of Chicago's most under-served populations.
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Strategic Priorities
The strategic planning process resulted in the identification of seven strategic priorities that will require particular attention and serve as a focal point for activity over the next five years.
- Prevent chronic disease and promote health for all Chicagoans.
- Position Chicago as a national leader in reducing the social, financial and personal impact of chronic disease
- Create an organizational focus within CDPH that will provide a platform for concentrating attention and resources on the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of chronic disease
- Assure access to needed physical and mental health services.
- Create a more responsive safety net health care system
- Maximize opportunities to meet CDPH patient needs and provide access to efficient, comprehensive, caring, integrated, high quality care
- Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children and youth.
- Maximize opportunities and lead efforts for improving the health of children through the establishment of executive level and coordinated partnerships with the Chicago Public Schools, the City's Department of Children and Youth Services, and other public and private child-serving agencies
- Enhance the strategic integration of Chicago Department of Public Health programs and resources that serve children.
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- Ensure that Chicago is prepared to quickly and effectively respond to epidemics and public health emergencies.
- Lead Citywide planning and response efforts related to pandemic flu and other public health emergencies
- Ensure ability to detect, monitor and minimize illness and death due to large-scale, urgent health events, including acts of bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, other infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies
- Increase the visibility and awareness of CDPH and public health among the public, other stakeholders, and policymakers.
- Establish CDPH as the authoritative voice in the city of Chicago for public health information
- Excellence in management.
- Ensure organizational effectiveness and accountability through the development, reporting and analysis of high-quality performance and results measurement information
- Create a culture of performance excellence and employee engagement
- Establish streamlined, user-friendly administrative support structures
- Reduce disparities in health status.
- Increase the prominence of disparity reduction efforts within CDPH
Implementation Plan
Implementation action teams will be convened for each of the seven priority areas. These teams will review work plans, recommend priorities for immediate and subsequent action, and organize staff for implementation. Each team will be convened by a senior executive staff member who will oversee implementation of the activities within their respective priority area. Collectively, these senior staff will serve as an Implementation oversight committee, meeting quarterly to report on overall progress, determine priorities, and address any barriers identified during implementation.
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