{"id":13041,"date":"2022-06-21T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phaboard.org\/?page_id=13041"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:27:56","slug":"accreditation-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phaboard.org\/accreditation-recognition\/accreditation-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation & Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"
P<\/span>H<\/span>AB conducted a survey of accredited health departments and departments pursuing accreditation in May and June 2020 on how efforts to prepare for and\/or maintain accreditation helped the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> 81%<\/b> of health departments indicated that overall, accreditation helped their response to the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> When asked how the work to prepared for and\/or maintain accreditation helped with the COVID-19 pandemic response:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Using the lessons learned from the COVID-19 response updates to the preparedness requirements in Version 2022 better align the requirements for the Emergency Operations Plan with Emergency Support Function 8, include more active emergency response preparation and improvem<\/span>ents to <\/span><\/span>process, and better align with other national preparedness standards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Version 2022 of PHAB\u2019s Standards & Measures includes revised preparedness requirements to align with Project Public Health Ready (PPH) and CDC\u2019s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. The previous version of the PHAB accreditation standards have been cross-walked with CDC\u2019s Public Health Preparedness Capabilities (see below) and there is significant, valuable overlap. This alignment is even more pronounced in Version 2022. This allowed for reciprocity between accredited health departments and health departments pursuing accreditation with PPHR and the CDC\u2019s PHEP Operational Readiness Review.<\/span><\/p>\n PHAB Standard 2.2 in accreditation, reaccreditation and Pathways Recognition<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Health Departments<\/span> currently (re)accredited under Version 2022<\/b>, are exempt from:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Capability 13 of the PHEP ORR <\/span>and<\/span><\/u><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Goal 1 Criteria M of PPHR<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Health Departments currently (re)accredited under Version 2022 and PPHR Recognized<\/b><\/span> <\/span>under Criteria V10.0, are exempt from:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Section 2 of the PHEP ORR <\/span>and<\/span> <\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Capability 13 of the PHEP ORR<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div> The crosswalk can help health department preparedness and accreditation staff demonstrate specific examples of preparedness activities that help fulfill accreditation objectives and strengthen crosscutting health department performance improvement efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>Alignment an<\/span>d Reciprocity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h3><\/span>
Preparedness in Version 1.5<\/h1><\/span>
The CDC\u2019s Center for Preparedness and Response and Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support developed a crosswalk that highlights the links between CDC\u2019s public health preparedness and PHAB accreditation.\u00a0<\/h4><\/span>
The document illustrates alignment between:<\/h2><\/span>