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irene924
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Mental Health and Tuberculosis: How Public Health Departments Strapped for Resources Can Support TB
In an online booklet published late last year, USAID offers guidance in incorporating current evidence and best practices for addressing...


irene924
Nov 12, 20222 min read
What’s your community’s current TB infection rate?
The ability to answer that question rapidly and accurately is at the crux of the fight to end the tuberculosis epidemic. It’s been almost...


irene924
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Telehealth & TB
The Covid-19 lockdowns significantly shifted perspectives on telehealth, forcing providers, patients and payers to rethink the...


irene924
Sep 21, 20222 min read
“It’s been 20 years since we saw a cluster of TB cases like this.”
That’s a quote from Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, MD, MPH, Washington state’s chief science officer. He commented in April on the 17 new cases of...


irene924
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Preventing Mass Vaccination Documentation Bottlenecks
COVID-19 put our nation’s public health corps to the test. The demands around vaccinating a nation of over 300 million people has put...


irene924
Jul 12, 20222 min read
From Write Off to Revenue Stream
How One Public Health Department Increased Funding through Mass Vax Events Community health centers have been key in our nation’s ability...


irene924
Jul 6, 20222 min read
How Jessamine County Health Department Simplified Mass Vaccination Operations
Challenge: Vaccinate thousands of county residents as soon as possible With only 34 personnel, the county’s health department faced a...


irene924
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Quelling Vaccine Concerns, Improving Vaccine Access
Vaccines are counted among the great achievements of modern medicine but their ability to protect public health has unfortunately eroded...


irene924
May 16, 20222 min read
How Your Clinic Can Do More with Less
In a nation where so many citizens remain uninsured, public health agencies provide a critical societal safety net. Unfortunately, they...


irene924
May 9, 20222 min read
Not Excited About Data Entry Automation for Your Clinic?
You should be! A recent study published in Journal of Nursing Administration finds that data entry automation improves cost, quality,...


irene924
May 2, 20222 min read
Addressing Clinic Staffing Shortages
Since 2008, the number of essential staff employed by state and local health departments has dropped by 40,000. According to the de...


ezEMRx
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Is it time for your public health dept to implement an electronic health record system with billing?
You got into public health because you believe in the importance of good health for all, not just those who can afford it. Everyone...
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