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CDC COCA Call Today: What Clinicians Need to Know About Monkeypox + CDC Advisory 

Briggs Healthcare

Public Health Service Medical Officer, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Webinar ID : 160 186 1381. PRESENTERS. Agam Rao, MD, FIDSA CAPT, U.S. Brett Petersen, MD, MPH CAPT, U.S.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: About This Toolkit and Our Framework

NASHP

As state and local governments took increasing responsibility for public health in the 20th century, public health achievements such as vaccinations, workplace protections, and flouridation of drinking water have contributed to dramatic increases in life expectancy.

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Information Blocking Rule: 6 Key Takeaways Since Meaningful Use

HIT Consultant

The first class of exceptions contains those that reflect a decision or inability to not fulfill requests to access, exchange or use EHI: the Preventing Harm, Privacy, Security, Infeasibility, and Health IT Performance Exceptions. Update your information exchange strategy.

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Recovering Routine Immunization Rates — State Strategies to Move beyond COVID-19 

NASHP

In the United States, new data indicate that nearly 27 percent of surveyed households had at least one or more children who missed or delayed a preventive visit because of the pandemic. New strategies are needed to identify and catch-up children who have missed routine immunizations to prevent future outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.

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NASHP Launches a New Public Health Modernization Project

NASHP

The demands of the pandemic have made it clear that the public health system cannot work in a silo to do the foundational public health work of communicable disease prevention; maternal, child, and family health services; access to and linkage with clinical care; and preventing chronic disease and injury.

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HHS OIG Publishes Eagerly-Anticipated Federal Information Blocking Enforcement Final Rule

Sheppard Health Law

Further, the OIG anticipates its enforcement priorities may lead to investigations of anti-competitive conduct or unreasonable business practices.

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NASHP Public Health Modernization Learning Collaborative: Building Linkages Between Public Health and the Health Care System

NASHP

In addition, this work is intended to complement public health modernization efforts by partner organizations such as ASTHO and PHAB (21C learning community). NASHP is not looking for a specific type of project, although states may be selected based on common themes that emerge across state applications.