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Medical Reserve Corps Project October Report
Staff: NACCHO MRC Applications for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC awards opened on Sept. 30 and closed on Oct. 31 at the new...
Nov 11, 2013 | Admin
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup October Report October Report
Chair: Bobbi Alcock; Staff: Tahlia Gousse The MRC Workgroup convened via conference call Oct. 21. The workgroup reviewed its resource...
Nov 11, 2013 | Tahlia Gousse
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Project September Report
Staff: NACCHO MRC NACCHO launched a new website for the NACCHO MRC Awards on Sept. 9, and opened the applications for this year’s...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
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
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
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
Medical Reserve Corps Project October ReportStaff: NACCHO MRC Applications for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC awards opened on Sept. 30 and closed on Oct. 31 at the new http://mrcnaccho.org website. More than 700 MRC units applied for the Capacity Building Awards, and nearly 200 applied for the Challenge Award this year. In November, staff will begin reviewing the applications. NACCHO signed […] Nov 11, 2013 | Admin |
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup October Report October ReportChair: Bobbi Alcock; Staff: Tahlia Gousse The MRC Workgroup convened via conference call Oct. 21. The workgroup reviewed its resource inventory it began developing last year for the Factors For Success, a unit assessment tool developed by the DCVMRC for MRC unit leaders. In the coming months the workgroup will be recommending resources for the […] Nov 11, 2013 | Tahlia Gousse |
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Project September ReportStaff: NACCHO MRC NACCHO launched a new website for the NACCHO MRC Awards on Sept. 9, and opened the applications for this year’s Capacity Building Award and Challenge Award on Sept. 30. During Preparedness Month, NACCHO operated a digital outreach campaign to increase awareness of the MRC in five select U.S. markets, and to recruit […] Oct 09, 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 |
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 |
NACCHO Staff Report: Indiana State Level Exercise Tests Preparedness and Response CapabilitiesAndrew 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 |
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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