Public Health Consulting

Public health programs designed to promote health and prevent disease

BerryDunn’s public health experts are trusted partners to public health agency directors and commissioners across the country. We help clients strategically enhance their internal operations to deliver quality programs and improve population health and health equity.

Our public health consulting group is comprised of former state and local health agency leaders and public health professionals with administration, informatics, policy and program development, and project management expertise. Our team follows project management best practices and leading methodologies, including Project Management Professional^® (PMP^®) certification, Lean Six Sigma, and Prosci® change management.

Consulting services

We partner with public health agencies in a variety of areas to strengthen their operations and programs, including grant management, accreditation or re-accreditation, health improvement and disease elimination plans, business process improvement, and IT solution procurement.

Strategic planning

Grant management

Public health accreditation

Business process improvement

Software consulting

Project management

Strategic planning

Envision, create, and implement a plan to bring your agency's mission and vision to life. We’ll help you develop a roadmap through partner engagement, evaluation of innovative options, and analysis of capacity, strengths, and improvement opportunities.

State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)

We help you identify and analyze your data and create a tactical plan to address state-wide health priorities.

Data collection and review

We provide qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary data collection and analysis to inform state health priorities.

Implementation plan

We develop action plans, KPIs, and timelines necessary to make your plan real—because strategic plans are not meant to sit on shelves.

Grant management

We can help you throughout the grant process, including reporting, evaluation, and project-managed grant support. We can help you manage funding, support subgrant award processes, and provide post-award support for grant agreements, outcomes monitoring tools, and grant activity tracking.

Funding management and strategy

We help you develop a subgrant allocation strategy and manage the process for reviewing applications, making awards, and supporting ongoing administration of funding.

Performance reporting

We help you collect sub-grantee and state activity data, develop a performance management plan, compile data, and draft grant reports that meet federal requirements.

Procurement support

We can lead requirements gathering, RFP, and RFQ development, and support software and vendor selection process with tracking and scoring.

Public health accreditation

Whether you are seeking reaccreditation or just beginning the process, we can help you prepare for a Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) submission. We support agencies in aligning standards and measures with PHAB and building structures to evaluate and store documentation.

Accreditation readiness

We conduct comprehensive gap analyses and work with you to develop a roadmap to prioritize and direct resources.

State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)

We help you identify and analyze your data and create a tactical plan to address state-wide health priorities.

Policies, processes, and procedures

We research best practices around federal regulations and industry standards and look at models from across the country to help you develop policies and procedures to guide your operations.

Business process improvement

We work in partnership with you to objectively examine business processes and transform workflows to maximize staff strengths, leverage technology, and eliminate unnecessary steps. The result is better data use, more efficient reporting, enhanced information security, and ultimately, better health outcomes.

Data modernization

We can assist in modernizing your data systems to improve public health data accessibility, technical infrastructure, and database siloing.

State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)

We help you identify and analyze your data and create a tactical plan to address state-wide health priorities.

Performance Management and Quality Improvement (PMQI)

Our team can help you build and improve performance management systems and develop a culture of quality improvement.

Software consulting

Our software consulting team is an objective partner to public health agencies, operating solely in your best interests, to help select, procure, and implement systems for disease surveillance, vital records, WIC, and other needs. From helping you define requirements, through selection, contract negotiation, and implementation, we can help you maximize your technology investment.

Software procurement

Our team has the firsthand experience needed to understand the software procurement process and can assist in gathering detailed requirements for a successful procurement.

Software implementation

We can support you throughout the implementation process, from vendor contract negotiation to project management to help keep projects on track.

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) vendor management

With our extensive experience in WIC implementations, we can help coordinate technology user groups to help ensure timely resolutions and releases, effective enhancements, and product and vendor performance.

Consortium management

For states that are members of a consortium, we can help keep all stakeholders aligned and informed.

Project management

Our certified Project Management Professionals^® (PMPs^®) bring structure and momentum to both small and large projects. We take the time to understand your needs, budget, and goals to plan and organize the full project life cycle.

Vendor management

We can handle time-consuming vendor management, keeping vendors accountable for what was agreed upon and helping to keep timelines and budgets on track.

Change management

We help you effectively manage the people side of change so those affected are ready to embrace new processes and systems.

PMO

We work collaboratively with you to establish operating structures that are consistent with industry guidelines and best practices.

How BerryDunn can help

Our public health consulting team is comprised of former state and local health agency leaders and public health professionals with administration, informatics, policy and program development, and project management expertise. Learn more about how we can help you design public health strategies that take into account diversity, equity, and inclusion and help promote health, prevent disease, and improve the quality of life for your citizens.