Open AccessApplication of Quality Measurement and Performance Standards to Public Health Systems
Author(s) -
Barbara Mauer,
Marlene Mason,
B. M. Brown
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/00124784-200407000-00010
Subject(s) - accreditation , public health , quality (philosophy) , computer science , process (computing) , work (physics) , state (computer science) , business , environmental health , process management , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering management , medicine , engineering , medical education , nursing , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , operating system , algorithm
To date, there have been few points of intersection between the quality work done in the general health system and performance review in the public health system. This article describes Washington State's set of performance standards for public health, the accreditation-type evaluation process, and some of the results of the recent performance evaluation against the Washington State Standards. Taking action on the evaluation results could enhance the capacity of public health to join general health systems in Washington State to address several of the priority areas described in Transforming Health Care Quality, the 2003 Institute of Medicine Report.