Interview
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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Public Health Role as Businesses, Residents Return to Boston
April 25, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NPR reported that business owners near the Boston Marathon blast site are beginning to return. To help make sure businesses can reopen safely, public health inspectors played a role. Longer term, public health also plays a mental health support role.
“Unprecedented Destruction”: Ocean County Public Health Continues to Respond to Hurricane Sandy
March 11, 2013 | New Public Health Post
How the Ocean County, N.J., public health community continues to respond to the disaster.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pledges $5 Million to Support New Jersey Recovery in Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy
November 13, 2012 | News Release
Funds to provide immediate relief, and bolster rebuilding efforts.
Three Massachusetts Health Organizations Help the State Prepare for Emergencies
October 30, 2012 | Story
Children's Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts) worked with public health partners to improve data sharing and communication between state and local health departments by analyzing and redesigning a web-based bioterrorism preparedness system.
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.
Spokane, Wash. Uses a Common Ground Grant to Examine Local and State Emergency Communications Systems
October 30, 2012 | Story
Spokane Regional Health District (Washington) worked with community partners to identify business-process requirements for an interconnected alert system for the state. It also built business-process analysis into agency-wide quality improvement.
Common Ground: Transforming Public Health Information Systems
October 30, 2012 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
L.A. Emergency Operations Center: Model for Preparedness and Collaboration
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Rob Freeman, emergency preparedness coordinator for the City, showcased the Main Coordination Room—a 7,500 square-foot home base for the kinds of emergencies that necessitate nimble, timely coordination of both information and resources across depar ...
Emergency Preparedness: A Blended Emphasis on Collaboration
March 23, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Public health and health care preparedness experts met together at the 2012 Joint Preparedness Conference, where a major focus was greater collaboration between agencies and partners throughout the federal government to achieve maximum public benefi ...
Contagion: Movie Screenwriter and Scientific Consultant Chat With NACCHO
March 7, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In the latest podcast from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns answers questions about the fact or fiction of the movie alongside the film's scientific consultant and Director ...