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2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

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Iowa,

A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization.

Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: Micky Tripathi, HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

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This interview is part of ASTHO’s Leadership Trailblazers series, which shares outstanding public health leaders’ inspirations, motivations, and accomplishments. This post features Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, of the Office of the National ...

Creating Effective Virtual Trainings for Medical Examiners and Coroners

Blog,

As the overdose epidemic continues, it is imperative for the medicolegal death investigative community to understand the importance of continuous training and the role that accurate death certification plays in protecting the nation’s ...

What Gets Measured Gets Done: Using Data to Improve Child Health and Well-Being

Blog,
ACEs,

The adage “what gets measured, gets done” has had staying power for a reason. When we can accurately describe conditions, quantify impact, and elucidate connections, we have a better chance at taking collective (and effective) action to ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

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As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...

STD Awareness Month Highlights a Rise in Rates for Sixth Straight Year

STIs,
HIV,
Blog,

Though COVID-19 has dominated public health over the past year, other communicable diseases are still occurring at troubling rates. The CDC recently released data in their Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2019 report, showing ...

Improving Public Health Surveillance Through Interoperability, Data Standards, and Legislation

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As patients move around the healthcare ecosystem, information from electronic health records must be available and understandable to help public health agencies identify threats to the health and safety of the population, as well as ...

The Epidemic of Epidemics: Opioids, Part II

The second half of Public Health Review's story on the opioid epidemic explores how coalitions in Kentucky are driving prevention efforts, what public health practitioners in West Virginia are doing to identify and care for newborns ...

Health Service Utilization Patterns Among Medicaid Enrollees With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Pandemic Response and Recovery Efforts

This article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice assesses the impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through an analysis of Medicaid claims data..

Supporting Incarcerated People’s Recovery: Linkage to Care Policies for People Entering and Exiting Incarceration with Substance Use Disorder

Supporting Incarcerated People’s Recovery: Linkage to Care Policies for People Entering and Exiting Incarceration with Substance Use Disorder Linkage to Care Policies for Incarcerated People with SUD Explore linkage to care policies for ...

Public Health Data Disclosure or Request Readiness Assessment

Public Health Data Disclosure or Request Readiness Assessment Chris Alibrandi O’Connor Explore key steps and lessons for effective public health data sharing. Organizations that want to share or request data to support public health work ...

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process How state Medicaid agencies can request enhanced federal funding for Medicaid Enterprise Systems and related activities. Why is the Advanced Planning Document process important? ...

Fairfax County Health Department Modernizes Infrastructure to Optimize Public Health Data Sharing

Fairfax County Health Department Modernizes Infrastructure to Optimize Public Health Data Sharing Susan Fluerant, Reema Mistry, Christina Severin Learn how the Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia is working to modernize its data ...

Illinois Strengthens Public Health Infrastructure with New Data Modernization Director

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Illinois Strengthens Public Health Infrastructure with New Data Modernization Director Alicia Camuy Learn how Illinois is using Public Health Infrastructure Grant funding to promote data modernization. As COVID-19 demonstrated, robust data ...

States Assessing and Mitigating Risks of Agencies Using Artificial Intelligence

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This blog from ASTHO discusses mitigating risks of AI use in government agencies, emphasizing privacy, transparency, and ethical concerns.