About Quality Systems and Analytics

The Quality Systems and Analytics program provides information and data to members, partners, and APHL programs to support public health laboratories (PHL) and help shape the public health laboratory systems.

Quality Systems

• Provides expertise, facilitation, coordination, and resources to support the PHL system, including the Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) and Regional Consortia (RC).

• Supports the quality management system (QMS) through data, information, and resources covering regulations and accreditations, quality system essentials (QSEs), continuous quality improvement (CQI), and workflow design/re-design.

• Connects member expertise, and shares outcomes and practices with the larger PHL community including the Quality Improvement Forum (QIF), QA ColLABorate, Member Resource Center (MRC) and Quality System News Bytes newsletter.

Analytics

• Utilizes data to develop questions for further exploration and discovery, as well as the overall strategic direction of APHL's work.

• Promotes Knowledge Management practices.

• Sustains data and information resources such the Member Resource Center (MRC)​ and Public Health Laboratory Systems Database (PHLSD).

• Conducts monitoring and evaluation to identify successful outcomes and opportunities for improvement.