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.
Wisconsin's Virtual Summit
Young, Nancy
03.16.2009
Provide Input on National Voluntary Accreditation StandardsWe'd like to gather Wisconsin's feedback on the national standards for accreditation in one place and then pass it on
to the PHAB. So we have created a Virtual Summit meeting in survey form. There are many standards -but don't feel
as if you need to review every standard and detail in order to comment! If there is a particular area that interests you and you only have time to review and comment on that, fine. We will take any input you have time to offer
-and we will pass it on to the PHAB. And the Wisconsin-specific results will be posted on this website after April 30, 2009.
as if you need to review every standard and detail in order to comment! If there is a particular area that interests you and you only have time to review and comment on that, fine. We will take any input you have time to offer
-and we will pass it on to the PHAB. And the Wisconsin-specific results will be posted on this website after April 30, 2009.
Here is a survey in which you can provide feedback on the Public Health Accreditation Board's standards for
local health departments. The local (and state) draft standards can be found at the PHAB site.
This survey is for feedback on the Public Health Accreditation Board's standards for state
health departments.The state draft standards can be found at
The summit will close on April 20, 2009. This is Wisconsin's chance to help to craft national voluntary standards. Let's make our voices heard!
Site Visit Highlights State and Local Progress
Young, Nancy
03.16.2009
A national team of visitors from the MLC3:Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement initiative met with eight local health department (LHD) project partners and Wisconsin Division of Public Health (WDPH) leaders in Madison on March 4. It was a highly interactive and positive day! New Division of Public Health Administrator, Seth Foldy, Deputy Administrator, Tom Sieger and all WDPH bureau directors were in attendance. WDPH Regional Office Pilot
One highlight was an overview given by Lieske Giese and Kate Konkle of WDPH on the progress the WDPH regional offices have made in assessment based on the essential services framework. The national team noted that while systems vary greatly nationwide, most states have some sort of regional framework for public health service. They encouraged us to share the assessment tools that the regional offices have developed and piloted. So, for our national colleagues, and for people within Wisconsin that want to see how WDPH is approaching quality improvement, here are the most recent versions of the state assessment tools.
