236636 TCHD and the Beta Test Accreditation Experience

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 1:10 PM

Myron Bateman, MPA , Tooele County Health Department, Tooele, UT
     
Abstract: Tooele County Health Department was one of 19 local health departments selected in the country to test the Public Health Accreditation Board national accreditation process. TCHD shares there experience including lessons learned, and how local health departments who are planning on applying for national accreditation may need to prepare. Emphases on ways environmental health plays an integral part in achieving the measurement standards

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
Abstract: Tooele County Health Department was one of 19 local health departments selected in the country to test the Public Health Accreditation Board national accreditation process. TCHD shares there experience including lessons learned, and how local health departments who are planning on applying for national accreditation may need to prepare. Emphases on ways environmental health plays an integral part in achieving the measurement standards. Learning Laboratory Description/Teaser: Accreditation and the quest for the "Golden Snitch". Objective #1: How health departments need to prepare for national accreditation Objective #2: How environmental health is an important element in achieving national accreditation. Objective #3: How national accreditation can improve environmental health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I am the Local Health Officer that completed the PHAB Accreditation Beta Test
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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