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Grant Opportunity Available: HPP and PHEP Cooperative Agreements
The notice for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreements has been...
Mar 19, 2014 | Admin
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare...
On Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human...
Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Radiation and Local Public Health
The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by...
Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author
The 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan and the Local Role In Critical...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP)...
Jan 06, 2014 | Justin Snair
Nurse Triage Line Project Site Visit to United Health Group & Poison Control Center...
On December 12 and 13, NACCHO participated in a CDC-led site visit for the Nurse Triage Line Project (NTL) partners to visit the...
Dec 17, 2013 | Sara Rubin
Building Resilience to Weather for Healthcare Facilities and Services
Date: Oct. 18, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Laura Biesiadecki Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The American...
Nov 11, 2013 | Scott Fisher
Risks of Cyber Attacks on the Healthcare Sector Leave Public Health of Communities...
In December 2011, a hospital in Georgia was forced to divert all non-emergency admissions to other medical centers, after a malware...
Oct 24, 2013 | Justin Snair
Grant Opportunity Available: HPP and PHEP Cooperative AgreementsThe notice for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreements has been published on Grants.gov here. These grants are offered through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response/National Healthcare Preparedness Programs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Office of Public Health Preparedness and... Mar 19, 2014 | Admin |
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare and Public Health PreparednessOn Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human Services’ Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). That equals nearly a 30 percent reduction in a program specifically aimed at strengthening healthcare preparedness for public health emergencies. These cuts could have severe and dire consequences on the ability of... Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Radiation and Local Public HealthThe relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by the dose of exposure, the type of radioactive material involved in the exposure, the exposure pathway, and the duration of the exposure and can be de minimis or can produce severe immediate and delayed […] Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author |
The 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan and the Local Role In Critical Infrastructure Security and ResilienceThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) recently released the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The plan represents an evolution from concepts introduced in the initial version of the NIPP released in 2006 and revised in... Jan 06, 2014 | Justin Snair |
Nurse Triage Line Project Site Visit to United Health Group & Poison Control Center in MinneapolisOn December 12 and 13, NACCHO participated in a CDC-led site visit for the Nurse Triage Line Project (NTL) partners to visit the Hennepin Poison Control Center and several facilities on the United Health Group’s Minneapolis campus. Staff Andrew Roszak and Sara Rubin, along with NACCHO member Robert Einweck (member of the Medical Countermeasures Workgroup and […] Dec 17, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
Building Resilience to Weather for Healthcare Facilities and ServicesDate: Oct. 18, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher and Laura Biesiadecki Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The American Meteorological Society hosted a two-day workshop on building healthcare facility resilience to high-impact weather events and featured a number of presentations from hospital and healthcare facility representatives. The first day of the meeting primarily focused on the... Nov 11, 2013 | Scott Fisher |
Risks of Cyber Attacks on the Healthcare Sector Leave Public Health of Communities VulnerableIn December 2011, a hospital in Georgia was forced to divert all non-emergency admissions to other medical centers, after a malware infection downed the institution’s IT network and required staff to use paper records. The attack affected computer connectivity, as hospital computers could not communicate with each other. The hospital was forced to use a runner system, where papers were shuttled... Oct 24, 2013 | Justin Snair |
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