Milwaukee Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP)

The Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) of the Association of Public Health Laboratories aims to improve state public health laboratory (PHL) system performance through continuous quality improvement. We successfully applied this state assessment tool to a local PHL (LPHL) system by tailor...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 2013-09, Vol.128 (2_suppl), p.40-48
Main Authors: Gradus, M. Stephen, Bhattacharyya, Sanjib, Murphy, Amy, Becker, Julie N., Baker, Bevan K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisory Committees
Associations
Collaboration
Community health
Financing, Government
Funding
Grants
Health Planning - organization & administration
Health policy
Humans
Laboratories
Laboratories - economics
Laboratories - manpower
Laboratories - organization & administration
Laboratories - standards
Local Government
Medical laboratories
Medical practice
Medical research
Perceptions
PRACTICE
Public health
Public Health - economics
Public Health - manpower
Public Health - methods
Public Health - standards
Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods
Quality Improvement - economics
Quality Improvement - organization & administration
Research facilities
Stakeholders
Subcommittees
Wisconsin
Workforce
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Summary:The Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) of the Association of Public Health Laboratories aims to improve state public health laboratory (PHL) system performance through continuous quality improvement. We successfully applied this state assessment tool to a local PHL (LPHL) system by tailoring it to reflect local system needs and created an LPHL system definition explaining how a local system differs from, yet complements, a state system. On November 18, 2010, 75 stakeholders from 40 agencies assessed the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, PHL system, capturing themes, strengths and weaknesses of the system, and scores for each of the 10 Essential Public Health Services. A Laboratory Advisory Committee analyzed assessment results to identify a strategic focus of research and workforce development and define an action plan, which is now being carried out. Milwaukee's L-SIP process is effectively improving LPHL system research and workforce development while raising community awareness of the system.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877
DOI:10.1177/00333549131280S207