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Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and the Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, has been named chair of the first Accreditation Committee of the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Jointly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the board was created to administer the new accreditation process for state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments. The program was launched in September 2011, and health departments are already beginning to apply. The 11-member Accreditation Committee will make accreditation decisions on behalf of the PHAB board of directors, a UK press release said.
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The Barren River District Health Department has joined five others in Kentucky with national accreditation. The Public Health Accreditation Board announced Sept. 18 that the Bowling Green-based agency and nine other health departments had been accredited,...
- Three Kentucky Health Departments In First Group Up For National Accreditation; Requires Local Health Assessment, Improvement Plan
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- County Boards Of Health Are Being Told To Take A More Active Role In Improving The Health Of Their Communities
Christian County's health director told the county Board of Health last week that it "needs to spend less time on the health department?s budget and more time addressing big questions of community health," Nick Tabor writes for the Kentucky New Era....
- Samuelson Breast Care Center Receives American College Of Radiology Accreditation
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- Northwest Hospital And Sinai Hospital Nuclear Medicine Departments Receive Certificate Of Accreditation
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UK professor named chair of new national board that will grant accreditation to local, state and other health departments
Jointly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the board was created to administer the new accreditation process for state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments. The program was launched in September 2011, and health departments are already beginning to apply. The 11-member Accreditation Committee will make accreditation decisions on behalf of the PHAB board of directors, a UK press release said.
- Barren River Health Dept. Accredited; Joins 5 Others In Ky. (franklin, Fayette, Madison, Northern Ky. And Three Rivers)
The Barren River District Health Department has joined five others in Kentucky with national accreditation. The Public Health Accreditation Board announced Sept. 18 that the Bowling Green-based agency and nine other health departments had been accredited,...
- Three Kentucky Health Departments In First Group Up For National Accreditation; Requires Local Health Assessment, Improvement Plan
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky health departments are among the first in the nation to be considered for national accreditation, a process that could help improve patient care and put the agencies in closer touch with their communities'...
- County Boards Of Health Are Being Told To Take A More Active Role In Improving The Health Of Their Communities
Christian County's health director told the county Board of Health last week that it "needs to spend less time on the health department?s budget and more time addressing big questions of community health," Nick Tabor writes for the Kentucky New Era....
- Samuelson Breast Care Center Receives American College Of Radiology Accreditation
The mammographic imaging services at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Northwest Hospital have been awarded accreditation as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Northwest?s first digital mammography...
- Northwest Hospital And Sinai Hospital Nuclear Medicine Departments Receive Certificate Of Accreditation
Northwest Hospital?s and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore?s Nuclear Medicine departments have recently received certificate of accreditation from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL). The ICANL is dedicated...