251889 Public health and quality care: The link between accreditation and QI

Thursday, June 23, 2011 : 4:00 PM

Terry Cline, PhD , State Health Officer, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK
     
Through the Public Health Accreditation Board process, public health departments will have the opportunity to quantify their utilization and performance on core public health standards across multiple domains. Oklahoma's experience as an accreditation beta test site and oportunities for quality improvement will be highlighted.

Learning Areas:
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe public health accreditation and its impact on quality

Keywords: Accreditation, Quality

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because the Oklahoma State Department of Health was a Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) beta test site in 2010
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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