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Barbara J Mauer1, Marlene Mason, Bruce Brown
1Strategic and Organizational Planning, MCPP Healthcare Consulting, 414 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101-1122, USA. Barbara@mcpphc.com
Abstract:
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.
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