| NACCHO's Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement E-Newsletter |
December 2009
Vol. 13 | |
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, I would like to offer you best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season and new year! Congratulations and a job well done on continuing efforts throughout 2009 to transform governmental public health culture and practice through quality improvement activities such as accreditation. I invite you to take advantage of the many staff and Web site resources NACCHO offers on quality improvement. Please let us know of your thoughts, ideas, challenges, and successes as you use quality improvement culture to achieve health, equity and well being for the people you serve.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Pestronk
Seasons Greetings from NACCHO's Accreditation Preparation and QI staff!
Welcome to a special holiday edition of accreditNATION, NACCHO's periodic Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement E-Newsletter. Topics in this issue include:
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 GOT A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN? Share Yours with NACCHO
 To be considered eligible for the voluntary national accreditation program starting in 2011, LHDs will be required to submit a current community health improvement plan (CHIP) as part of the eligibility determination process (in addition to an agency strategic plan and community health assessment). NACCHO is collecting CHIPs and stories prior to the launch of the program, and we need your help in order to share examples with LHDs and to assist in accreditation preparation efforts. NACCHO will choose several CHIPs to post on the Accreditation & QI Web site, and will remove any identifying items at the request of the agency. If your agency's CHIP is chosen, the submitter will be entered into a raffle to win a copy of the Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook published by the Public Health Foundation and the American Society for Quality. If you would like to share your agency's CHIP and story with NACCHO and other LHDs, please e-mail a copy to Penney Berryman Davis at pdavis@naccho.org or call (202) 507-4213.
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REDESIGNED ACCREDITATION & QI WEB SITE: Check It Out Today!
The new design of NACCHO's Accreditation and QI Web site is tailored to LHDs looking for information on how to prepare for national accreditation. The Web site is divided into sections based on an LHD's readiness to apply for accreditation, making it easy to navigate and find the information that best fits an LHD's individual needs. The Web site includes a wealth of new resources, including QI tools, case examples, archived webcasts and much more! View the new Web site by visiting www.naccho.org/accreditation. Please contact Pooja Verma at pverma@naccho.org or (202) 507-4206 with any questions.
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PUBLIC HEALTH JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS QI AND  ACCREDITATION
Through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the January/February 2010 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, an online resource for the public health community, is accessible free of charge. This resource showcases innovative work of local and state health departments and highlights how QI and accreditation efforts can help health departments better promote, preserve and protect the health of the public. Specific topics in this issue relate to how QI and accreditation work in synergy with each other, the trajectory of QI, and how to define and apply QI in public health. This issue is comprised of contributions from leaders and practitioners across the field including a number of NACCHO staff. To access the full issue please visit http://journals.lww.com/jphmp/pages/default.aspx. |
NACCHO QI TRAINING SURVEY
NACCHO offers LHDs a number of QI training opportunities through the  Accreditation Preparation & QI Webcast series, face-to-face trainings, and demonstration sites projects. NACCHO has partnered with the North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH), through a grant funded by RWJF, to examine the effectiveness of QI trainings provided by NACCHO. A substantial portion of this project involves surveying LHD staff who were registered participants in one or more of these training sessions to identify strengths and areas for improvement in QI training strategies. If you or your LHD staff are chosen to participate in this survey, we look forward to your feedback in our efforts to provide relevant QI knowledge and skills to LHDs, and continue to advance QI in the field of public health.
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