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Medical Reserve Corps Mobile Application Meeting with Rallyware
Date: Nov. 18, 2013 Staff Representative: Chevelle Glymph, Justin Snair, Alyson Jordan, Shadae Sherrod, Laura Runnels Member...
Dec 02, 2013 | Admin
MRC Units Continue to Strengthen the Capacity of their Communities during the...
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units assist their communities by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies, as well...
Dec 02, 2013 | Admin
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
Food Safety: An Important Message During the Holidays
‘Twas the holiday season, and all through the states, turkeys were roasted and being put upon plates. People often talk about the...
Nov 26, 2013 | Naomi Rennard
Volunteer Force Gets Latest Radiation Emergency Training
The Greene County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) from Xenia, OH, conducted a radiation training on Nov. 7–8 to prepare for a...
Nov 22, 2013 | Admin
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
Share Your Experience with Closed Points of Dispensing
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), is gathering information on how...
Nov 12, 2013 | Admin
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and Response
Late last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for...
Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Strategic National Stockpile Project October Report
Staff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014...
Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown
Medical Reserve Corps Mobile Application Meeting with RallywareDate: Nov. 18, 2013 Staff Representative: Chevelle Glymph, Justin Snair, Alyson Jordan, Shadae Sherrod, Laura Runnels Member Representative: N/A Members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) team met with Rallyware, the mobile application developers for the new NACCHO MRC mobile application, at NACCHO’s headquarters on Nov. 18. During this meeting, members of the new mobile […] Dec 02, 2013 | Admin |
MRC Units Continue to Strengthen the Capacity of their Communities during the Holiday SeasonMedical Reserve Corps (MRC) units assist their communities by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies, as well as promoting public health activities all year long. During this holiday season, several MRC units are getting in the spirit by collecting items to share with the less fortunate in their communities. The Eastern Panhandle MRC […] Dec 02, 2013 | Admin |
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 |
Food Safety: An Important Message During the Holidays‘Twas the holiday season, and all through the states, turkeys were roasted and being put upon plates. People often talk about the secret rub their grandmother uses on her Thanksgiving turkey. People do not, however, always talk about the ways grandma ensured her rub did not contaminate the potatoes. It is the holiday season, and […] Nov 26, 2013 | Naomi Rennard |
Volunteer Force Gets Latest Radiation Emergency TrainingThe Greene County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) from Xenia, OH, conducted a radiation training on Nov. 7–8 to prepare for a possible radiation emergency. MRC volunteers learned how to screen large numbers of people for radiation and how to decontaminate them. This training was the first radiation preparedness training of its kind in West Central […] Nov 22, 2013 | Admin |
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 |
Share Your Experience with Closed Points of DispensingNACCHO, in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), is gathering information on how state, territorial, and local medical countermeasure planners are planning for closed points of dispensing (PODs). A closed POD is a private location (such as a business or church) or public location (such as a government agency or […] Nov 12, 2013 | Admin |
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and ResponseLate last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. The City of New York, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all persons with disabilities. The suit charged that the New York City Emergency Preparedness Program failed […] Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Strategic National Stockpile Project October ReportStaff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014 Preparedness Summit. NACCHO is assisting CDC and ASTHO in reviewing and disseminating a survey on closed points of dispensing (PODs). This survey aims to gather information on how state, territorial, and local medical countermeasure planners are […] Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown |
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