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Lead States in Public Health Accreditation and Quality Improvement

Lead States in Public Health Accreditation and Quality Improvement. MLC-3 Kick-Off Minneapolis, MN August 6-8, 2008 Debra Tews, MA Rebecca Head, PhD. Michigan Kick-Off Attendees. MI MLC-3 Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Rebecca Head, PhD, DABT, Health Officer, Monroe Co.

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Lead States in Public Health Accreditation and Quality Improvement

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  1. Lead States in Public Health Accreditation and Quality Improvement MLC-3 Kick-Off Minneapolis, MN August 6-8, 2008 Debra Tews, MA Rebecca Head, PhD

  2. Michigan Kick-Off Attendees MI MLC-3 Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Rebecca Head, PhD, DABT, Health Officer, Monroe Co. Debra Tews, MA, Senior Accreditation Specialist, MDCH Steering Committee Members: Julia Heany, PhD, Program Director, MPHI Kanchan Lota, MPH, Program Coordinator, MPHI Project Consultant: Jim Butler, James A. Butler & Associates, LLC.

  3. 45 Local Health Departments

  4. The Learning Continues “In a time of drastic change, it’s the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer

  5. Michigan’s Focus Three Pronged Approach: 1) Prepare local health departments for national voluntary accreditation 2) Prepare the state health department for national voluntary accreditation 3) Advance the application of QI in local/state public health practice

  6. Michigan’s Focus: cont’d… Local Health Department Preparation: • Enhance standards and measures using the Operational Definition of a Functional Local Health Department • Identify areas of non-optimal performance • Expand QI within Michigan’s Accreditation Program and beyond How? • Accreditation QI Supplement • Learning from the NACCHO Grantees • Mini-collaboratives • Use of MI QI Guidebook, PDSA, and mentors from MI MLC-2 LHD participants

  7. Embracing Quality in Local Public Health: Michigan’s Quality Improvement Guidebook

  8. Improvement: Front & Center “To change and to change for the better are two different things.” -German Proverb

  9. Guidebook: Content and Structure • Overview of the PDSA approach to QI • Sections on: • Customers & Stakeholders • The Importance of Data • Writing an Aim Statement • QI Tools & PH Measures of Improvement • PH Example of PDSA • Case Studies from the 4 MACQIC Pilot LHDs • Program Evaluation, QI Resources, & More

  10. Michigan’s Focus: cont’d… State Health Department Preparation: • Establish a State Health Department Accreditation Workgroup (SHDAW) for oversight • Use NPHPSP State Public Health Performance Assessment Instrument to identify areas for improvement • Use available tools & resources provided by national partners

  11. Collaboration Rising

  12. More Michigan Accreditation and QI Information available at: www.accreditation.localhealth.net Questions and Comments?

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