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As we approach some important seasons in Wisconsin, here are a some resources and updates:

For anyone interested in public health quality improvement:

1. Check the news section of this website in the next day or two for a release that describes the Wisconsin Public Health Quality Improvement and Accreditation Project.

2. An update from the Public Health Accreditation Board on the revised timeline for national accreditation standards review at http://www.phaboard.org/standards.html

3. Check out the text of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey’saddress, Public Health's "A-Ha" Moment and What it Means for theAmerican People  at http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/rlm2008asthonaccho.pdf

4. RAND is offering a free webinar on applying quality improvement (QI) methods to public health emergency preparedness on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.Registration is limited and you can sign up at https://admin.acrobat.com/_a848853632/prepareqi/event/

For WIQI Project Partners:



1. The WIQI Forum (for registered users only) now has a new discussion board for our chosen quality improvement target issues, uniform public health data sets and adolescent alcohol use. Check it out along with updates in the NACCHO Self-Assessment Tool and Press boards.

2. A reminder to mark your calendars for brief project partner teleconferences on December 9.2008 and January 13.2009, both at 10 AM.

3. On 11.7.08, The MLC-3 national project offered a webinar entitled,  Key Elements of a QI Project.  You can download slides and/or the complete audio from the webinar by going to www.nnphi.org, clicking on grantee resources, and searching under meeting/teleconference materials.

Have a great weekend!

Nancy