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

  • NACCHO Staff Report: Indiana State Level Exercise Tests Preparedness and Response...

    Andrew Roszak served as a subject matter expert and evaluator at the State of Indiana's State Level Exercise (SLE) at Muscatatuck...

    Oct 03, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • 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

  • Risks of Cyber Attacks Leave Health of Communities Vulnerable

    NACCHO staff authored an article in the Center for Infrastructure Protection Report highlighting the effects of cyber attacks on local...

    Oct 01, 2013 | Admin

  • NACCHO Staff Report: Florida State University Hosts Legal Preparedness Training

    NACCHO and the FSU Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law in Tallahassee, Florida have partnered to host a one day...

    Sep 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak

  • NACCHO is One of Top Five Information Sources for Local Health Departments on Twitter

    Researchers from Brown School of Social Work and Washington University in St. Louis presented findings that provided insights into the...

    Sep 26, 2013 | Frances Bevington

  • 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 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 Laws

    On 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 Symposium

    The 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

    NACCHO Staff Report: Indiana State Level Exercise Tests Preparedness and Response Capabilities

    Andrew Roszak served as a subject matter expert and evaluator at the State of Indiana's State Level Exercise (SLE) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Indiana. This year's exercise simulated severe weather sweeping through a town in Indiana, including an EF3 tornado, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall that produced localized flooding.

    Oct 03, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    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 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 2013

    To 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

    Risks of Cyber Attacks Leave Health of Communities Vulnerable

    NACCHO staff authored an article in the Center for Infrastructure Protection Report highlighting the effects of cyber attacks on local public health. Review the article to learn about federal developments in cybersecurity and how these developments impact local health departments.

    Oct 01, 2013 | Admin

    NACCHO Staff Report: Florida State University Hosts Legal Preparedness Training

    NACCHO and the FSU Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law in Tallahassee, Florida have partnered to host a one day training focusing on emergency preparedness. The training brings together public health, emergency management, healthcare, legal, and first response officials to discuss the legal underpinnings of disaster response.

    Sep 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak

    NACCHO is One of Top Five Information Sources for Local Health Departments on Twitter

    Researchers from Brown School of Social Work and Washington University in St. Louis presented findings that provided insights into the network of local health departments (LHDs) and their information sources on Twitter at the 2013 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media in Atlanta, Georgia. The research identified NACCHO as one of the professional […]

    Sep 26, 2013 | Frances Bevington

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