Quality Improvement and Accreditation

What Might it Look Like?

Following the 2006 release of the Exploring Accreditation Project report on the desirability and feasibility of establishing a national voluntary public health accreditation program, the Public Health Accreditation Board was established. Since that time, standards, measures and an assessment process have been developed. Beta testing of the full accreditation cycle is under way.

The Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation program relies heavily on quality improvement as its cornerstone. In this commentary, we describe how accreditation and quality improvement can operate together synergistically to strengthen public health practice and improve outcomes at the community level.

Special Journal Issue Highlights Quality Improvement (QI) in Public Health

  1. 1 Quality Improvement in Public Health
  2. 2 Quality Improvement and Performance
  3. 3 Achieving a Culture of Quality Improvement
  4. 4 Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health
  5. 5 Opportunities to Advance Quality Improvement in Public Health
  6. 6 Supporting Public Health Departments' Quality Improvement Initiatives
  7. 7 The National Public Health Performance Standards
  8. 8 Taking Improvement Action Based on Performance Results
  9. 9 State Landscape in Public Health Planning and Quality Improvement
  10. 10 The Quality Improvement Experience in a High-Performing Local Health Department
  11. 11 Quality Improvement in Local Health Departments
  12. 12 Promoting Quality Improvement and Achieving Measurable Change
  13. 13 Evaluating the Multi-State Learning Collaborative
  14. 14 Driving Quality Improvement in Local Public Health Practice
  15. 15 Realizing Transformational Change Through Quality Improvement in Public Health
  16. 16 Quality Improvement and Accreditation

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