231864 Raising the bar for public health: Connections between system performance standards, agency accreditation, and program performance tools

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Liza Corso, MPA , Ostlts/, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Kaye Bender, RN, PHD, FAAN , Executive Director, Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, VA
Karen Breckenridge, MBA, MT (ASCP) , Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, MD
Justin Gerding, BS, MPH , Ondieph/Nceh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
     
Designed to help public health systems measure and improve performance at the state and local levels, the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) has had a longstanding role in driving public health performance improvement. Building from the NPHPSP, similar efforts have been established to catalyze improvements for public health laboratories and environmental public health practice, among other areas. In addition, an effort to establish a national system of voluntary public health agency accreditation was launched in 2007 to advance the quality and performance of public health departments. This session will explore the connections between the NPHPSP and national accreditation, examining the role of systems and agencies, along with program performance tools, in improving public health. This session will explore common questions regarding the link between NPHPSP and accreditation, and address how efforts such as the Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) and the Environmental Public Health Performance Standards Program (EnvPHPS) are related to system performance standards and agency accreditation. Discussion will highlight the connections, as well as distinctions, among these initiatives, and offer examples of how these tools are being used in the field to improve public health practice and performance.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants should be able to: 1) Describe the similarities and distinctions between NPHPSP, agency accreditation, and other program performance tools; 2) Explain the relationship between systems performance improvement tools and national accreditation; and 3) Discuss how one or more of the NPHPSP, agency accreditation, or program performance tools presented may be used to catalyze public health performance.

Keywords: Standards, Public Health Infrastructure

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I provide management and leadership for the NPHPSP program. I also serve as a partner and technical advisor to the Public Health Accreditation Board, and have assisted with the development of other program performance tools.
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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