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.

_The June 2009 issue of NACCHO's accreditNATION newsletter features an interview with Gretchen Sampson, Director of the Polk County Health Department, one of the local partner agencies in the WIQI project. Gretchen discusses how her agency is integrating the results of the NACCHO self-assessment into strategic planning and other activities with the assistance of food rewards.

May 1, 2009 marked the beginning of the second project year for Wisconsin's Public Health Quality Initiative (WIQI). Last year's public health leaders have now been joined by another group of 11 local health departments.  Over the next several months these pioneers will explore ways in which they can best prepare for the national voluntary accreditation process due to begin in 2011 and integrate quality improvement principles and tools in their agencies. The first in-person meeting of this year is scheduled for the Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells on June 17, 2009. Here is a map that illustrates the 2008 and 2009 partners.