Disease Surveillance and Achieving Synergy In Public Health Quality Improvement

Authors

  • Peggy A. Honoré U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Laura C. Streichert International Society for Disease Surveillance

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4467

Abstract

Efforts to describe and improve quality in public health are closely tied to disease surveillance systems and capabilities. This roundtable will engage participants around how a new national framework for public health quality relates to their work in surveillance. The audience will be invited to provide examples, from their experience, of feasible and practical variables to measure the priority public health aims; data sources; and gaps that are impeding progress in quality improvement. This roundtable will inform a new initiative to develop measures that resonate with the roles of public health at the local, state, federal and global levels.

Author Biographies

Peggy A. Honoré, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Peggy A. Honoré, DHA, MHA, is Director, Public Health System, Finance, and Quality Program in the HHS Office of Healthcare Quality, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. She is leading national efforts to establish and implement concepts for quality in the public health system and coordinated the development of the Consensus Statement on Quality in the Public Health System and identification of priority areas for quality improvement in public health.

Laura C. Streichert, International Society for Disease Surveillance

Laura C. Streichert, PhD, MPH, is Executive Director of ISDS. Her training and experience in neuroscience and biomedical research; public health practice; policy development; community-based participatory research; and strategic planning has enabled her to forge action-oriented collaborations across sectors and disciplines to advance public health initiatives from developing community strategies for obesity prevention to global surveillance networks.

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Honoré, P. A., & Streichert, L. C. (2013). Disease Surveillance and Achieving Synergy In Public Health Quality Improvement. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4467

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Roundtables