Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #111644

Pat Libbey, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials, 1100 17th Street, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 202-783-5550, plibbey@naccho.org

The session will describe the development and implementation of quality improvement efforts at the federal, state and local level, challenges presented in pursuing these activities across varying levels of health systems and lessons learned to help attendees guide their future efforts in this area.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze quality improvement trends affecting the nation's public health systems, and identify how these trends are impacting public health service delivery in local communities.
• Identify quality improvement efforts in selected federal, state and local public health systems, including those spearheaded by national organizations.
• Discuss the potential value of the impact of uniform quality measurement/standards across federal, state and local public health programs, including the potential challenges.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.