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National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) Annual Symposium
Date: Sept. 22—24, 2013 Staff Representative: Frances Bevington, Sara Rubin, Alyson Jordan Member Representatives: Meredith...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
First Watch
Date: Sept. 17, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher, Andy Roszak, Laura Biesiadecki, Frances Bevington Member Representative: N/A...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Storytelling in Local Public Health Practice Training
Date: Sept. 16, 2013 Staff Representative: Samantha Morgan, Naomi Rennard, Sara Rubin, Lisa Brown, Alyson Jordan Member...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
National Academies of Science Building Resilience to Disasters Workshop
Date: Sept. 5, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Naomi Rennard Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Academies...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiation, FBI Training
Date: Sept. 3—5, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Vanessa Burrows and Paul Biedrzycki (NACCHO Public...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
New Interactive Portal for Patient Confidentiality Laws
On October 1, the Public Health Management Corporation, a nonprofit public health institute in Philadelphia, released new data on...
Oct 08, 2013 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Staff Report: NIH Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) 10th...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study...
Oct 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu Clinic
Finney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of...
Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Staff Mark National Preparedness Month 2013
To mark National Preparedness Month 2013, members of NACCHO’s staff organized and participated in two activities to enhance their...
Oct 01, 2013 | Admin
National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) Annual SymposiumDate: Sept. 22—24, 2013 Staff Representative: Frances Bevington, Sara Rubin, Alyson Jordan Member Representatives: Meredith Li-Vollmer, Elizabeth Hart, Rita Obey, Jennifer Dunlay, Glen Barbour, Denise Bingham, Theresa Orecchia Highlights: NPHIC convened public health communicators from across the country for a two-day training event in Chicago. Sessions focused on the use of social media during... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
First WatchDate: Sept. 17, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher, Andy Roszak, Laura Biesiadecki, Frances Bevington Member Representative: N/A Highlights: Staff met with representatives of First Watch Solutions, including Dr. Alexander Garza, former assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer of the Department of Homeland Security. First Watch provides real-time situational awareness... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Storytelling in Local Public Health Practice TrainingDate: Sept. 16, 2013 Staff Representative: Samantha Morgan, Naomi Rennard, Sara Rubin, Lisa Brown, Alyson Jordan Member Representative: Elizabeth Hart Highlights: This training provided NACCHO members and staff with the knowledge and skills to develop origin, impact, and vision stories for public health preparedness activities within their communities. The workshop also created enthusiasm for... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
National Academies of Science Building Resilience to Disasters WorkshopDate: Sept. 5, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Naomi Rennard Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The National Academies of Sciences hosted a dynamic workshop to feature the publication of a recent National Research Council report, Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative. The report details the strong community of stakeholders eager to advance the efforts of building resilience... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiation, FBI TrainingDate: Sept. 3—5, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Vanessa Burrows and Paul Biedrzycki (NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup) Highlights: Members from the Kentucky Department of Public Health, Kentucky Emergency Management, Kentucky Hospital Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collaborated to provide a... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
New Interactive Portal for Patient Confidentiality LawsOn October 1, the Public Health Management Corporation, a nonprofit public health institute in Philadelphia, released new data on lawatlas.org that provides information on state-by-state laws and regulations on the use, release, and reporting of personal health information for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and tuberculosis. On this website, local health departments... Oct 08, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Staff Report: NIH Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) 10th Anniversary SymposiumThe National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) in 2004. This workshop highlighted the accomplishments of MIDAS over the past 10 years and presented a variety of computational modeling projects by academic institutions associated MIDAS. Oct 04, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu ClinicFinney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of dispensing (POD) site as a model for the clinic. The health department along with Finney County Emergency Management and Finney County EMS organized the clinic to exercise part of the county’s pandemic preparedness plan. Read […] Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Staff Mark National Preparedness Month 2013To mark National Preparedness Month 2013, members of NACCHO’s staff organized and participated in two activities to enhance their understanding of preparedness. Staff conducted the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) zombie preparedness simulation and a screening and discussion of the plausibility of the response in the film, Contagion. Oct 01, 2013 | Admin |
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