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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Communication Efforts Among Local Health Departments and Health Care Professionals During the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study evaluating communication between local health departments (LHDs) and health care professionals in Kentucky during the outbreak of influenza H1N1 found that communication between LHDs and physicians and pharmacists was inadequate.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The objective of this study was to look at the relationship between elements of public health infrastructure and local public health emergency preparedness.
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.
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.
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
National Program
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and manage chronic disease.
New Program Will Boost Public Health Agencies' Ability to Use Information Systems to Handle Public Health Threats
January 7, 2007 | News Release
Common Ground grants go to 31 public health agencies throughout the U.S.