Public Health Accreditation Board Jessica Kronstadt | June 25, 2017
Accreditation Overview • The goal of the voluntary national accreditation system is to improve and protect the health of the public by advancing and ultimately transforming the quality and performance of state, local, tribal and territorial public health departments. • Administered by nonprofit Public Health Accreditation Board • Launched in 2011
Public Health Agency Accreditation System Approved December 2013 Proximate Ultimate Inputs Strategies Outputs Intermediate Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes • Organizational • Market program • Accreditation Strong, credible and Strengthened Improved identification • Implement the 7 structure program: sustainable public health and use of evidence- • Board, steps of marketed, accreditation program agencies and based practices and committees and accreditation implemented, in place systems policies • Train agencies and work groups evaluated, and • Staffing and site visitors improved Increased consistency in • Develop e-PHAB • e-PHAB expertise Standards adopted as Improved practice • Principles for • Evaluate program developed and performance measures conditions in standards, and improve quality data captured which people Increased use of proven • Promote research • National measures, and can be healthy Increased support for QI methods and tools assessment consensus process standards for accreditation resulting in • Promote national • Site visitors public health improvements in practice accreditation Improved agencies • Encourage agencies Increased use of community Standards drive public to meet national • Funders benchmarks for health indicators • Partners at standards and seek health transformation evaluating • Communication / reduced health accreditation national, state, performance efforts delivered • Support agencies disparities Increased inter-agency regional, and • Technical through TA before, local levels and inter-sectoral assistance, Improved during, and after • Funding collaboration trainings, and communication about • Incentives process QI tools Increased • Conduct and public health • Technical Increased visibility and provided capacity for disseminate Assistance • Research credibility of public health optimal • Researchers research conducted and agencies investment in and research disseminated Enhanced internal and public health networks • Participate in training external collaboration Increased science base and TA for public health practice • Assess readiness • Interest, buy-in • Agencies are Increased Increased public • Submit application and accredited organizational recognition of and documentation commitment to • Report received • Host site visit accountability public health role Public health agencies seek and acted on • Review and share and value more effectively and accreditation • QI efforts are in findings • Appropriate Increased knowledge efficiently use resources place • Develop and Legend stability, of organizational • Agencies are implement resources, and strengths and Strengthened Accrediting mentored improvement plan readiness to Agency • Plans for weaknesses organizational capacity • Implement QI apply Individual Public reaccreditation and workforce • Mentor other • Previous quality Health Agencies underway Increased awareness agencies improvement Stakeholders • Participate in of importance of QI Improved and assessment and Partners reaccreditation and a supportive responsiveness to experience Public Health process culture community priorities Field
Accreditation Activity as of June 14, 2017 Type of Health Department Accredited In Process Total in e-PHAB Local 162 134 296 State 26 13 39 Tribal 1 3 4 Centralized States 1/67 . 1/67 Integrated System i Multi-Jurisdictional . 8 8 Number of HDs 189+1 system 158 348 Population (Unduplicated) 197,960,071 68,996,287 266,956,358 i Single accreditation for multiple health departments
Standards and Measures The Core Public Health Functions Steering Committee. 1994.
PHAB & Evidence • For Health Departments – Domain 10: Contribute to and Apply the Evidence Base of Public Health • For PHAB – Inform potential revisions to the Standards and Measures – Understand to what extent the Standards and Measures are evidence based • Help us articulate one of the ways accreditation can transform health departments
Jessica Kronstadt Director of Research and Evaluation Public Health Accreditation Board 1600 Duke Street, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 703-778-4549 ext. 117 jkronstadt@phaboard.org http://www.phaboard.org/research-and-evaluation/
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