250706 Public health engagement in the healthcare quality enterprise

Thursday, June 23, 2011 : 3:00 PM

Bonnie Zell, MD, MPH , National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
     
For health reform to be successful in improving the health of individuals and populations within their communities, the healthcare and public health sectors must align aims, measures and initiatives. The healthcare delivery system has prioritized population health as a key priority area for quality improvement to acheive the broad national quality enterprise goals.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the components of the National Quality Strategy, population-health related work of the National Quality Forum 2. Identify opportunities for how healthcare and public health can partner to achieve the broad national quality enterprise goals

Keywords: Public Health, Quality of Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am ssenior director of population health at the National Quality Forum facilitating the integration of public health engagement in the healthcare quality enterprise.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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