Workgroups

Several committees and workgroups comprised primarily of state and local health officials, will be created to develop all aspects of the new accreditation program. Others include the following: 

• Standards and Accreditation Activities Review Committee, which will oversee three workgroups:
  1. Standards Development Workgroup will develop the accreditation standards for state and local health departments.
  °   Read the Standards Development Workgroup Charter
  °   Review the documents outlining the standards development framework and the standards development process
  
  2. Assessment Process Workgroup will determine how to evaluate whether a health department has achieved accreditation status, as well as how health departments can appeal decisions    
  
  3. Equivalency Recognition Workgroup will develop the process of determining whether state-based accreditation programs for local health departments are sufficiently similar to PHAB programs so as to confer national accreditation status to local health departments accredited through state programs.
  °   Read the Equivalency Recognition Workgroup Charter .
  
  
• Fees and Incentives Workgroup will develop a fee structure for applicants and identify strategies for securing incentives for program participation. 
• Public Outreach Committee will work with the marketing consultants to develop messages about accreditation in general and PHAB in particular.
• Research and Evaluation Committee will develop a plan for evaluating the assessment processes of the national program and identifying research that would improve the standards-setting and accreditation program.  

Subject matter experts also will be engaged for the various committees and workgroups.  MCPP Healthcare Consulting has been selected as the Standards Development Workgroup consultant. Mike Hamm & Associates have been selected as the consulting firm for the Equivalency Recognition Workgroup and the Assessment Process Workgroup.

In addition, potential accreditation applicants will have an opportunity to weigh in on draft standards and measures, and to volunteer to be selected for a beta test.  Following the program development phase, it is anticipated that applications for accreditation will begin to be accepted during winter 2011.

Standards Development Workgroup
Meeting Summary - April 2008

Meeting Notes

• Equivalency Work Group Charter.pdf
• Standards Development Process.pdf
• Standards Development Work Group Charter.pdf
• Standards and Accreditation Activities Review Committee.pdf
• Standards Development Framework.pdf
• Standards Development Workgroup.pdf

Standards and Accreditation Activities Review Committee
Consensus Points and Decisions - February 13 and 14, 2008