Welcome to the project portal for the Wisconsin Public Health Quality Initiative (WIQI)! This page is for project partners and anyone else interested in learning about Wisconsin's efforts to improve its health departments through accreditation preparation and quality improvement.
Draft National Accreditation Standards Released
Young, Nancy
02.06.2009
Our TurnNational Release
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) released the much-anticipated public health accreditation draft standards on February 2. The PHAB is offering multiple ways for individuals and groups to provide input on the draft and the PHAB website is the definitive source for review, and for information on the vetting timeline and what will happen next. There are 31 standards that will be applicable to state, territorial and local health departments who apply for accreditation beginning in 2011.
In Wisconsin
As part of the WIQI Accreditation Project, the six Wisconsin Division of Public Health (WDPH) regional office directors are piloting an assessment tool that they developed based on the essential services. They will then share the pilot results with colleagues and continue to explore ways in which WDPH can prepare for state-level accreditation.
The 15 pioneering WIQI local project partners have been busy as well. By mid-February, they will have completed use of the NACCHO Local Health Department Self-Assessment Tool in their agencies. Their next challenge is to apply the results of that assessment to their plans for accreditation preparation and quality improvement (QI) activities, and those topics will be central at the upcoming project partner meeting in Wausau on February 17. Project partners (must be a registered user) should log on to the Forum "next door" to join into the pre-meeting discussions regarding uniform data sets and adolescent alcohol QI; for more meeting details; and other newly posted resources including the WDPH's state-level assessment tool and notes from the January teleconference.
