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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on U.S. Preparedness Resources and Programs:...
Date: Nov. 18-19, 2013 Staff: Jack Herrmann, Laura Hanen, Michelle Zamperetti, Roland Gamache Members: Karen DeSalvo (New Orleans,...
Dec 06, 2013 | Jack Herrmann
National Network of Public Health Institutes Open Forum Meeting
Date: Nov. 20-21, 2013 Staff Representative: Resham Patel Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Network of Public Health...
Dec 05, 2013 | Resham Patel
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) November Update
During the month of November, PPHR applicants responded to reviewer requests for additional evidence for certain PPHR criteria...
Dec 04, 2013 | Rachel Schulman
Incident Management Workgroup November Report
The Incident Management Workgroup postponed its November call until Dec. 9 to avoid conflicts with the Thanksgiving holiday. Work is...
Dec 04, 2013 | Rachel Schulman
Strategic National Stockpile November Report
NACCHO is currently organizing a point-of-dispensing (POD) demonstration via lunch at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. The overall aim of...
Dec 02, 2013 | Lisa Brown
November 1 Government Affairs Update
Staff: Laura Hanen On Sept. 30, FY2013 ended, and because Congress had not successfully passed its appropriations bills or a...
Nov 11, 2013 | Admin
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on U.S. Preparedness Resources and Programs: An Institute of Medicine WorkshopDate: Nov. 18-19, 2013 Staff: Jack Herrmann, Laura Hanen, Michelle Zamperetti, Roland Gamache Members: Karen DeSalvo (New Orleans, LA), S. Atyia Martin (Boston, MA), Brandon Dean (Los Angeles, CA) Highlights: This 2-day Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop brought together governmental and private sector leaders in healthcare and public health to discuss the opportunities for public […] Dec 06, 2013 | Jack Herrmann |
National Network of Public Health Institutes Open Forum MeetingDate: Nov. 20-21, 2013 Staff Representative: Resham Patel Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, held their ninth meeting on accreditation and quality improvement (QI) in Memphis, TN. Approximately 250 attendees, representing local and state health departments, state and national public... Dec 05, 2013 | Resham Patel |
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) November UpdateDuring the month of November, PPHR applicants responded to reviewer requests for additional evidence for certain PPHR criteria elements. Reviewers then reassessed their scores for these elements based on the new materials provided, with NACCHO staff providing technical assistance. Reviewers will reconcile their adjusted scores with those of their teammates during conference calls with NACCHO... Dec 04, 2013 | Rachel Schulman |
Incident Management Workgroup November ReportThe Incident Management Workgroup postponed its November call until Dec. 9 to avoid conflicts with the Thanksgiving holiday. Work is ongoing with various projects, including the public health strike teams concept and the public health resource guide. Workgroup members received notification that their abstract for a 90-minute learning session was accepted for the 2014 Preparedness […] Dec 04, 2013 | Rachel Schulman |
Strategic National Stockpile November ReportNACCHO is currently organizing a point-of-dispensing (POD) demonstration via lunch at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. The overall aim of the demonstration is to show innovative practices and provide resources for specific stages in the POD process to help local health departments in their medical countermeasure planning and implementation efforts. An important process of developing this […] Dec 02, 2013 | Lisa Brown |
November 1 Government Affairs UpdateStaff: Laura Hanen On Sept. 30, FY2013 ended, and because Congress had not successfully passed its appropriations bills or a continuing resolution to continue funding, “non-essential” government services were shut down, including 65 percent of the CDC workforce. NACCHO sent a letter to Capitol Hill calling on Congress to end the shutdown and to find […] Nov 11, 2013 | Admin |
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