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Hepatitis B and C Screening Toolkit

The California Department of Public Health has released an updated hepatitis B and C screening toolkit for primary care providers that...

Sep 21, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu

Tools & Resources, Health in All Policies The State of Health in All Policies ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind... Feb 28, 2018 \| Michelle Shapiro
Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Ethics Consultation: Multi-Stakeholder Report on Public Health and HIV Sequence Analysis The Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), in collaboration with Project Inform, has published the proceedings and recommendations from a multi-sector stakeholder consultation held May 10-11, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. The consultation was formed to discuss ethical considerations involved with public health action using HIV sequence data reported to health departments. The consultation... Feb 27, 2018 \| Kim Rodgers
Antimicrobial Resistance, Infectious Disease CDC Releases New Fluoroquinolone Prescribing Study A new study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows about 5% of all fluoroquinolones prescribed for adults in doctor’s offices and emergency departments are completely unnecessary, and about 20% of all fluoroquinolone prescriptions in these two settings are not the recommended first-line treatment. Due […] Feb 27, 2018 \| Kim Rodgers
Hepatitis B and C Screening Toolkit The California Department of Public Health has released an updated hepatitis B and C screening toolkit for primary care providers that includes a crosswalk from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Access the toolkit here. Sep 21, 2015 \| Firdaus Arastu