Spotlight on Quality Improvement and Accreditation  - Original Date: March 22, 2007

News from the Public Health Foundation (PHF)
March 2007
 
PHF E-News brings you the latest ideas and tools for quality improvement and workforce development in public health. We provide relevant resources, drawing from public health, healthcare, government, and business to assure and improve your community's health. In this issue

 Spotlight on Quality Improvement and Accreditation
Designing Voluntary Accreditation Programs for Quality Improvement:
A checklist of strategies to put improvement first

If voluntary accreditation programs are going to drive quality improvement in the public health field, they will need more than a clipboard. But what might a QI-focused accreditation program look like? As food for thought, PHF offers this checklist of strategies that may help voluntary accreditation programs support improvement before, during, and after accreditation. Intended for leaders involved in the design or evaluation of public health accreditation programs, this tool aims to help leaders explore potential QI elements of such programs.


 
 Tools and Resources

 

 Events
  • 2007 Public Health Congress to focus on public-private sector partnerships. <Retired link> [For more current information, visit www.worldcongress.com/events/HL08001/].
    July 16-18, 2007 – Washington, DC
    Do not miss this exclusive chance to network with top executives in government, public health, hospitals, and private industry in this event designed to promote best practices and collaboration on preparedness, prevention, and infectious disease control. Co-sponsored by World Congress and The Wall Street Journal in partnership with PHF and many other public health organizations.
     
  • Global Health Summit II to focus on health diplomacy.
    June 3, 2007 – Cincinnati, OH
    Sponsored by the Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation, this summit will examine effective strategies to enhance the quality of the public heath workforce by increasing the capacity of health professionals, the uniformed services, academia, the media, opinion makers and parliamentarians to serve as agents of health diplomacy. The Summit is open to anyone involved in public health or who has an interest in global health.

 

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