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Oregon Public Health Orientation For New Local and Tribal Administrators

Learn about the benefits of accreditation, foundational capabilities, alignment with public health modernization, and available resources in Oregon for new local and tribal health administrators. Contact Joey W. Razzano or Kathleen Johnson for more information.

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Oregon Public Health Orientation For New Local and Tribal Administrators

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  1. Oregon Public Health Orientation For New Local and Tribal Administrators PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISIONOffice of the State Public Health Director

  2. Public Health Accreditation Is…

  3. Benefits of Accreditation • Helps to identify strengths and weaknesses • Stimulates quality and performance improvement opportunities • Stimulates greater accountability and transparency • within the health department • with external stakeholders • Allows better communication with board of health or governing entity

  4. Accreditation and Public Health Modernization • Accreditation was developed as a tool to improve the performance and quality of public health departments, • Foundational capabilities (PH Modernization) were developed as a part of a minimum package of public health services to describe what is needed everywhere for public health to function anywhere • The accreditation standards and measures and the foundational capabilities were both developed by the field for the field, and describe core elements of governmental public health practice. • Significant alignment between the two exist. http://www.phaboard.org/wp-content/uploads/Aligning-Accreditation-and-the-Foundational-Public-Health-Capabilities-Summer-2016.pdf

  5. Accreditation Resources • The Accreditation Workgroup • Meets once monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 230-330pm • The Public Health Accreditation Board • http://www.phaboard.org/ • The CLHO Website • http://oregonclho.org/resources/public-health-accreditation/ • The Public Health Division Website • https://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/PublicHealthAccreditation/Pages/AccreditationResources.aspx

  6. Questions about Accreditation? Joey W. Razzano, MBA Accreditation and Accountability Coordinator Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority joey.w.razzano@state.or.us Kathleen Johnson, MPH Program Manager The Coalition of Local Health Officials kathleen@oregonclho.org

  7. CASPER • Complaints Actions Services Programs Evaluations Resolutions (CASPER) • Sponsored by Lynne Saxton • Agency-wide system to track complaints and issues across Divisions • Meets Accreditation standards 6.3: • Conduct and monitor public health enforcement activities and coordinate notification of violations among appropriate agencies. • Allows for the tracking and identification of trends or patterns

  8. Resolution

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