ppt课件-enforcelawsandregulationsthatprotecthealthandensure.pptVIP

Essential Service #6 : Refresher: Why learn about Essential Services? Improve quality and performance. Achieve better outcomes – improved health, less preventable death and disease. Be more efficient with time and money. Receive national accreditation. Refresher: Why pursue accreditation? Documents accountability Encourages continuous Quality Improvement Sets benchmarks on services Leads to best practice sharing Helps to identify gaps in performance Essential Service #6: In “plain English” Enforce public health laws and regulations. (Or “When we enforce health regulations, are we up-to-date, technically competent, fair and effective?”) What does ES #6 include? Review, evaluation, and revision of legal authority, laws and regulations Education about laws and regulations Advocacy for regulations needed to protect and promote health Support of compliance efforts and enforcement ES# 6: In the Assurance Core Function Examples of ES #6 Communicable disease statute and regulations Food protection laws, inspection processes Hospital/long term care statute regulations Housing codes, e.g., Lead Poisoning Prevention; Radon; septic systems Indiana Code Title 16-Health More examples? How do we assess our performance? Four Model Standards: Planning and Implementation State and Local Partnerships Performance Management/Quality Improvement Public Health Capacity and Resources ES#6 - Planning and Implementation We should ask ourselves, do we: Review existing and proposed laws? What is current scientific knowledge? Are there new Best Practices? Solicit input on laws from stakeholders? Legislators Legal advisors General public Persons/entities in the regulated environment. Planning and Implementation, cont Do we: Review/update state laws to assure appropriate emergency powers? [e.g., isolation quarantine] Support compliance among persons/entities in regulated environment? [e.g., food handlers] Provide written guidelines related to new regulations? [e.g., swimming