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Jefferson County Public Health outlines progress toward national accreditation
Summary
Steve Jennings of Jefferson County Public Health told the Health & Human Services committee the department has submitted most required documents to the Public Health Accreditation Board and expects a site visit this year; accreditation is intended to strengthen quality improvement, emergency preparedness and equity-focused services.
Steve Jennings, of Jefferson County Public health, told the county Health and Human Services committee that the department has completed most of the documentation required for national accreditation and is awaiting a site visit from the accrediting body.
Jennings said the accreditation process measures a health department’s performance against nationally recognized, evidence-based standards and “promotes a culture of quality and performance improvement.” He said accreditation also increases capacity for public health emergency response and encourages use of an equity lens to set priorities and refer individuals to partner services.
The accreditation program is administered by the Public…
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