We launched four new teams in Raleigh this wedk! Here's a quick look at the projects going forward from that group:
- A phone app/game to help drive school culture change
- A revenue-supported plan for delivering quality improvement training
- On-line weight loss and lifestyle change program... already piloted, and it works
- Diabetes Education at the local level, sustained by revenues
A key theme for me at this session is this: Public Health agencies are ready, willing and motivated to find partners and revenue streams to support their work. Gone are the days when we had to convince some teams that it was OK to think about generating revenue... now revenue-generation is seen as an important part of the public health portfolio. That doesn't mean *every* project or function needs to be revenue-supported, because some can't or shouldn't. It does mean that agencies need to have the tools to create business plans when revenue-generation is appropriate and will make a product or service better, more effective, more integrated, more sustainable.
-- Stephen Orton