Final Recommendations for a Voluntary National Accreditation Program for State and Local Health Departments
| Autor: | Georges C. Benjamin, Grace Gorenflo, Marie M. Fallon, Jacalyn Carden, Paul E. Jarris, Patrick M. Libbey, Kaye Bender, Patricia A. Nolan, George E. Hardy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Quality Assurance Health Care State Health Planning and Development Agencies business.industry Health Policy Corporate governance Steering committee media_common.quotation_subject Public health Advisory Committees Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public relations United States Accreditation Engineering management Incentive State (polity) Blueprint Medicine Public Health business Public health workforce media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 13:342-348 |
| ISSN: | 1078-4659 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.phh.0000278026.49196.40 |
| Popis: | A recently released report of the Exploring Accreditation Project affirmatively answered the questions regarding the desirability and feasibility of establishing a national voluntary public health accreditation program. The report's recommendations were made after 10 months of inquiry from public health experts, elected officials, the general public health workforce, academicians, and other interested parties, more than 650 public health professionals in all. Recommendations regarding how such a program might be implemented insofar as its governance, principles for standards development, financing and incentives, and evaluation were included. The report provides a blueprint for establishing a national voluntary public health accreditation program. This article describes key aspects of the Steering Committee recommendations, with limited linkage to implementation strategies where relevant, in the four areas in which the project was designed. Details are provided in the final reports of the Steering Committee (www.exploringaccreditation.org) and in other articles in this issue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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