By: Kayleigh P. Marques April 10th, 2024 Introduction — How Software Can Help Accreditation Achieving national public health accreditation is a prestigious marker of quality and a significant undertaking. Accreditation serves as a demonstrable commitment to meeting certain performance standards, enhancing the quality of services, and improving the health of [...]
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) has recently released its PHAB Standards & Measures Version 2022. This new version reflects current public health priorities, trends, and vetted best practices. It works to simplify the documentation and accreditation process overall to make accreditation more accessible. As of July 1st, 2022, health departments are able to apply [...]
Published: April 28th, 2022 The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) has recently released its PHAB Standards & Measures Version 2022. This new version reflects current public health priorities, trends, and vetted best practices. It also works to simplify the documentation and accreditation process overall to make accreditation more accessible. Health departments may apply for initial [...]
Achieving Public Health Accreditation and Creating Continuous Improvement in Macomb County Health Department In partnership with the communities it serves, the Macomb County Health Department’s (MCHD) mission is to protect the health and well-being of all who live, work, and play in Macomb County. The department pursues this mission by providing a wide range of [...]
Clear Impact Scorecard now supports documentation for initial national public health accreditation (via the Public Health Accreditation Board) for state, local, and tribal health departments. Edit: This has been updated to reflect the newest requirements in accordance with PHAB's 2022 updated standards and measures. What is the Clear Impact Scorecard Initial Accreditation Documentation Tool? The [...]
The use of a performance management system is required by PHAB for national public health accreditation, but using the right system will have long-term benefits for your health department. An effective performance management system can help you create alignment not only within your public health department (by streamlining Quality Improvement Plans and Department Strategic Plans) [...]
Important Note: This article is not meant to provide a comprehensive overview of the PHAB reaccreditation process and requirements. It is meant to provide you with a basic understanding rather than acting as a replacement for the 84-page Guide to National Public Health Department Reaccreditation. If you’ve just been accredited or are starting to look [...]
Applying for PHAB national public health accreditation and re-accreditation are similar processes, but the goal of each is different. Accreditation focuses on developing the capacities needed to provide the ten essential public health services, whereas re-accreditation focuses on using those capacities to improve departmental performance and community health. Use of performance management software, like [...]
Implementing a performance management system isn’t just a good idea – it’s a PHAB requirement. So, one of the first things you should do when seeking PHAB Accreditation is set up a system to store, organize, and analyze your data. There are, however, a lot of performance management software systems out there. You may [...]
By: Kayleigh P. Marques Jan 29th, 2018 (updated Aug. 1st, 2024) **NOTE: PHAB has updated its Standards and Measures since the publishing of this blog in January of 2018. Therefore, the exact Domain, Standard, and Measure names in this blog may not match the updated versions. However, PHAB still requires the use of [...]
