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09/14/11: Read a press release detailing today's national public health department accreditation launch event held in Washington, DC.
09/12/11: View the latest accreditation materials, and stay tuned for future releases.
09/02/11: Read the August 2011 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
08/16/11: The Evaluation of the PHAB Beta Test: Brief Report is now available. This brief report includes the most important key findings and recommendations from the evaluation of the beta test, and also describes major revisions made to the accreditation process and standards and measures.
08/11/11: PHAB is excited to announce details for the National Public Health Department Accreditation Launch Event. If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP via e-mail to Travis Parker Lee at tlee@phaboard.org.
07/07/11: Read the June/July 2011 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
05/19/11: Read the April/May 2011 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
04/12/11: Read the March 2011 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
03/25/11: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a press release on PHAB’s national voluntary accreditation program for public health departments, stressing the importance of accreditation and performance/quality improvement. Click here to read the full press release online.
02/17/11: Read the January/February 2011 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
12/15/10: Read the November/December 2010 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
12/07/10: PHAB is pleased to announce today's launch of the National Call for Tribal Input on the proposed Tribal public health department accreditation standards and measures. The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) will collect feedback online through January 14, 2011 to ensure Tribes have the opportunity to review and provide comment on the proposed materials. PHAB and NIHB conducted a joint webinar on December 14 at 3:30pm ET to field questions about the National Call for Tribal Input.
10/28/10: Read the October 2010 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
09/27/10: Read the September 2010 issue of the PHAB e-newsletter and join our mailing list to receive the latest PHAB news.
09/01/10: PHAB has selected 12 members to serve on the Tribal Standards Workgroup. The workgroup will meet later this month to start the development of a tribal set of standards, measures, documentation, and interpretation guidance, based on PHAB’s current standards.
12/8/09: Several PHAB staff members, Board members, partners, and many other thought leaders in the field contributed articles to the January/February issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, dedicated entirely to "Quality Improvement in Public Health." Read the issue of JPHMP here free of charge.
11/11/09: Kaye Bender, CEO of PHAB, led various sessions at the APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, held from November 7-11 in Philadelphia, on public health accreditation and what it means for health departments, the field, and the workforce. Click here to listen to a podcast where Kaye speaks about public health accreditation.
11/4/09: PHAB welcomes the thirty beta test sites to Washington, DC from November 4-5 for the kick-off beta test training.
09/18/09: PHAB announced the selection of the 30 health departments from across the United States to test the public health department accreditation program. Read press release.
10/26/09: PHAB is proud to announce that Donna E. Davis, EdD, MPH, will be the new Director of Public and Constituent Relations at the Public Health Accreditation Board.
06/19/09: The PHAB Board of Directors adopted an assessment process for the accreditation program. The process was developed by the PHAB Assessment Process Workgroup and will be used in the PHAB beta test. Assessment Process
07/16/09: The PHAB Board of Directors adopted Proposed State and Local Standards, Measures, and Guidance for Documentation and a Glossary of Terms for use in the beta test, to begin in the fall of 2009.
02/09/09: Information on how to provide feedback on the draft standards and measures now available. Read more.
03/09/09: The members of PHAB's Fees and Incentives Workgroup have been chosen. Read more.
02/02/09: Draft voluntary national accreditation standards for state, local, and territorial health departments released for public review and comment. Read more.
01/16/09: Kaye Bender Announced as the President and Chief Executive Officer of PHAB. Read more.