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Surge Management Workgroup August Report
The Surge Management workgroup held its August call on the 25th. The workgroup was tasked on the last call to bring ideas for webinar...
Aug 27, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
An Inside Look at NACCHO’s MRC Challenge Award Recipients
Within the first year of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Awards, 29 recipients are working to improve the health of their...
Jul 30, 2014 | Katie Roulston
“Faces of Austerity” Report Illustrates Impact of Budget Cuts on Local Emergency...
Today, the Coalition for Health Funding released the report, “Faces of Austerity: How Budget Cuts Hurt America’s...
Jul 15, 2014 | Admin
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and Recovery
On Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged...
Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Meeting the Access and Functional Needs of At-Risk Individuals: An Interview with...
This is the first part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit....
Jan 30, 2014 | Admin
National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference
Dec 18, 2013 | Naomi Rennard
Risk Communications and Information Sharing November Report
Chair: Meredith Li-Vollmer; Staff: Frances Bevington and Sara Rubin The Risk Communications and Information Sharing workgroup held its...
Dec 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Surge Management Workgroup November Report
The Surge Management work group convened via conference call the third week of November. The group continued the conversation around...
Nov 27, 2013 | Stacy Stanford
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural Communities
In recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three...
Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Surge Management Workgroup August ReportThe Surge Management workgroup held its August call on the 25th. The workgroup was tasked on the last call to bring ideas for webinar topics to this call. The workgroup is considering a webinar series of two to three presentations for the 2014-2015 program year. The top ideas around surge management that were discussed on the call […] Aug 27, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
An Inside Look at NACCHO’s MRC Challenge Award RecipientsWithin the first year of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Awards, 29 recipients are working to improve the health of their communities through new projects and programs made possible by the awards. Each of the 29 units, with the support of NACCHO and the Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, has launched […] Jul 30, 2014 | Katie Roulston |
“Faces of Austerity” Report Illustrates Impact of Budget Cuts on Local Emergency PreparednessToday, the Coalition for Health Funding released the report, “Faces of Austerity: How Budget Cuts Hurt America’s Health.” The report, sponsored in part by NACCHO, illustrates the impact of budget cuts across the public health continuum, highlighting how existing funding levels cannot meet the mounting health demands across the nation. Featuring more than 20 testimonials […] Jul 15, 2014 | Admin |
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and RecoveryOn Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged the local community in an extensive response effort. This devastating event, one of the worst mudslides in U.S. history, piled approximately 15 million cubic yards of mud, clay, and wood across the Stillaguamish River, state Highway 530, and into a community of... Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Meeting the Access and Functional Needs of At-Risk Individuals: An Interview with Paulette ValentineThis is the first part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Paulette Valentine, Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Division at the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, previews her session, “Strategies to Assess, Plan for, and Engage Partners to Meet the Access […] Jan 30, 2014 | Admin |
National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness ConferenceDec 18, 2013 | Naomi Rennard |
Risk Communications and Information Sharing November ReportChair: Meredith Li-Vollmer; Staff: Frances Bevington and Sara Rubin The Risk Communications and Information Sharing workgroup held its monthly conference call on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Prior to the call, the group had gathered risk communications resources for possible inclusion in a NACCHO toolkit. The group discussed the resources that were collected and identified a […] Dec 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Surge Management Workgroup November ReportThe Surge Management work group convened via conference call the third week of November. The group continued the conversation around the topics of the public health role in hospital coalitions and electronic medical records in light of information sharing during disasters. The discussions led to several common themes. First, there is a real benefit for […] Nov 27, 2013 | Stacy Stanford |
Partnerships and Volunteers Critical to Resilient Rural CommunitiesIn recognition of National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21, NACCHO interviewed Denise Bingham, RN MSN, Director of Nursing, at Three Rivers District Health Department in Kentucky about the unique preparedness needs of rural communities. In addition to her work at Three Rivers, Denise is on the Kentucky Department of Public Health Emergency Rapid Response Team and […] Nov 21, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
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