Abstract
State and local public health agencies throughout the country could one day be accredited via a national body, if the recommendations under development by a unique public health project come to fruition. A program, Exploring Accreditation, was instituted last year to determine whether a voluntary national public health accreditation system should be established and, if so, how it would be created, organized, and operated and what the implications and feasibility of establishing such a program would be. A number of states already have quality assurance, self-assessment, and even accreditation programs for their health agencies; information from these states is being evaluated. In addition, a multistate collaborative effort is studying innovative public health agency practices and accreditation programs to further identify and disseminate the best practices to the broader public health community. Through a national accreditation process, there is a tremendous potential to completely transform, strengthen, and improve the nation's public health departments.
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