November 9, 2011
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News Release
Study shows statewide rates for overweight and obesity among school-age children may be leveling off, but progress is uneven across counties.
May 24, 2011
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Program Result
The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) worked to improve state reporting on the quality of hospital-based and other health care and coordinated state and national efforts to standardize reports on the quality of health care.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1997, the Arkansas Health Resources Commission (formerly the Arkansas Interagency Working Group or IWG) and the Governor's Task Force on Health Care Reform identified health information key to health care reform in the state.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
During 1992 and 1993, the West Virginia's Information for State Health Policy (InfoSHP) project brought together a State Health Policy Task Force that met monthly and continues to meet quarterly.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
Information for State Health Policy was a program charged with improving the capacity of state health statistics systems to support policymaking, as well as aiding in program development and management.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services worked with its Interagency Working Group to improve the state's health statistics infrastructure to make it more responsive to people's needs and more accessible.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1997, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health (DOH), the designated lead agency for the InfoSHP project, sought to make permanent improvements to the state's health infrastructure, particularly in access to primary care.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result
During 1993 and 1994, the Public Health Foundation continued redesigning its state health data reporting system and to maintain key project staff while awaiting the reinstatement of federal funding.
June 1, 2002
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Program Result
Rhode Island's KIDSNET wanted its registry to meet the needs of Rhode Island's private providers its success depended on it, since nearly 100 percent of immunizations in the state are given by private sector providers.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, developed and maintained a listing of initiatives by public and private sector groups to improve the public health infrastructure.