title: The Florida Department of Health and the Florida Association of County Health Department Business Administrators: a model of successful collaboration to sustain operational excellence.
abstract: The Florida Association of County Health Department Business Administrators, Inc., is an organization of public health business professionals working collaboratively with the state's department of health administrative offices in promoting best practices throughout local county health departments. This article discusses a number of joint initiatives, past and present, that are benefiting public health services in Florida. In addition, mentoring and training, contract management, cost allocation, and financial reporting, among others, are "hot button" topics of interest to all states in promoting improved administration of their public health programs.
authors.affiliation: Seminole County Health Department, Sanford, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Napier
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Street
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: James Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kouba
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciereck
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Rosemary C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dollar
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Parizek
authors.forename: Charles Philip
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Stapp
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D018803:Models, Economic; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics*