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Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
Focus on Public Health
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Acute Health Effects After Exposure to Chlorine Gas Released After a Train Derailment
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents data from medical reports following a large-scale, accidental release of chlorine gas in South Carolina. A terrorist attack involving the release of chlorine gas could cause the hospitalization of up to 100,000 people in an urban area.
A Director of Public Health Informatics Helps New York State Train Local Health Departments on Common Ground Methods
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.
Afternoon Update: Officials Urge Residents to Heed Tropical Storm Isaac Warnings
August 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In a call with reporters late this morning, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate and National Hurricane Center director Rick Knabb expressed concern that because the current storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast is called a ...
A Global Perspective on Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar uses personal connection to disaster-stricken country to help improve quality of care, inform research.
Aiming for a 'Smoother Chaos'
September 15, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
So in the weeks and months leading up to hurricane season, we put our leadership teams in place, and make sure our rosters of volunteers have been refreshed. After all, it’s a largely volunteer workforce we rely on, and these are men and women who a ...
A Local Organization Steps Up to Help Ground Zero Recovery Workers Get Supplies
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Art Science Research Laboratory provided equipment and supplies for recovery workers deployed at Ground Zero in Manhattan and the Fresh Kills landfill site in Staten Island after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
An Epidemiologist Helps an Indiana Health Department Prepare for Emergencies
October 30, 2012 | Story
As director of epidemiology for the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (Indiana), Joe Gibson, MPH, PhD, used Common Ground funding to define business processes that could be scaled up in an emergency.
A Quality Improvement Collaborative Can Boost Emergency Preparedness, Study Finds
September 30, 2009 | Program Result
RAND Corporation spurred the use of quality improvement - a data-driven approach to performance often used in industry, the military and health care - to boost emergency preparedness among state and local public health agencies.
Article on Legal Underpinnings of Emergency Preparedness Wins AcademyHealth Interest Group Award
June 15, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Effective management of modern public health emergencies requires coordinated efforts of multiple agencies representing various disciplines. That’s the focus of the paper “Achieving Public Health Legal Preparedness: How Dissonant Views on Public Hea ...
A Shot in the Rear, Not a Shot in the Dark
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article describes a mass clinic built in response to a hepatitis A outbreak in eastern Tennessee. Two regional health departments adapted Centers for Disease Control's guidelines for providing emergency smallpox vaccinations.