Current public health accreditation board activities

As the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) develops a national voluntary public health accreditation program, there are specific activities that will advise the formal program when it is launched in 2011. Those activities include: a.) Discussion of the final set of standards and assessment process for accreditation b.) Discussion of the beta test with 30 health department sites participating c.) Overview of the additional information which will advise the accreditation development process. These activities, titled “PHAB Think Tanks” will address issues that have been identified through the standards vetting process and in other venues as the PHAB accreditation plans have been discussed across the country. The speaker will also provide an opportunity to the audience to participate in a dialogue about the development of the program, including identifying key issues that affect health departments preparing for accreditation.