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Formal collaborations between public health and the healthcare system

Practices aimed at strengthening formal collaborations between public health and the healthcare system.

New Item Minnesota Pandemic Recommended Actions for Healthcare Facilities by Event Stage
This 10-page, color-coded chart provides detailed recommendations and guidelines for healthcare facilities during an influenza pandemic. The initial chart delineates activities in...   >> More
New Item Oklahoma Push Partner Program
The Oklahoma Department of Health developed a Push Partner Program in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, which asked all communities to be prepared to provide...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Healthcare Institutions (PA)
Philadelphia's Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Healthcare Institutions addresses the needs and situations that may be experienced by hospitals during a pandemic. The guidance...   >> More
New Item Push Partner Registry (OR)
The Push Partner Registry (PPR) is a five-county public health partnership with community-based organizations to dispense medications to at-risk populations during an emergency. The...   >> More
New Item Linking Home Care and Public Health (MD)
The Montgomery County Advanced Practice Center developed a toolkit to assist health departments in conducting a pandemic influenza preparedness workshop for home care providers. While...   >> More
New Item Vulnerable Populations Action Team (WA)
Public Health-Seattle and King County (WA) developed the Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to public health information and...   >> More
New Item Workbook for Healthcare Providers in Rural Communities (TX)
A workbook developed by the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness and the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health promotes strategies for engaging rural healthcare providers...   >> More
New Item Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) (National)
The Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) was developed in 2007 by the National Working Group for Women and Infant Needs in Emergencies in the United States. It addresses the...   >> More
New Item Rapid Patient Discharge Tool (NY)
The Rapid Patient Discharge Tool (RPDT) was developed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to assist hospital administrators and emergency managers during...   >> More
New Item Posters for Patients and Providers (CA)
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) has developed three educational posters designed for use in primary care clinics, emergency rooms, and other facilities that...   >> More
New Item Barron County Court System: Strategies for a Pandemic Influenza (WI)
A collaborative effort between public health and local courts resulted in a document that aims to prepare the court system for an influenza pandemic. The guidance provides a local...   >> More
New Item City Health Information Avian and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for Primary Care Providers (NY)
The City Health Information document was developed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a primer for primary care physicians. It provides information on...   >> More
New Item Stockpiling Solutions: North Carolina's Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic (NC)
Stockpiling Solutions represents a thoughtful collaboration between public health and medicine around ethics of care during an influenza pandemic. The task force carefully and...   >> More
New Item Health System Surge and Resource Management (WA)
An after-action report from Seattle and King County covers the objectives, tools, and results from a tabletop exercise on healthcare surge capacity during an influenza pandemic. The...   >> More
New Item New York City Ventilator Capacity Project (NY)
The Ventilator Capacity Project surveyed New York City hospitals in order to ascertain several key elements of surge capacity. The survey determined 1) an accurate number of...   >> More
New Item Colorado's GEEERC (CO)
The Governor's Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee acts to advise the governor during an emerging or ongoing public health threat. It creates a mechanism for sharing public...   >> More
New Item Pan Flu Community Advisory Group (IN)
Four community advisory groups reported to Indiana's State Health Commissioner on four topics of immediate interest to pandemic planning: antiviral allocation, community containment...   >> More
New Item California Primary Care Telemedicine Project (CA)
A brief grant proposal aims to incorporate California community clinics and health centers into emergency preparedness and response services. The California Primary Care Association...   >> More
New Item Lateral Thinking Pan Flu Education and Training (TX)
A variety of educational materials introduce the benefits of lateral thinking/six hats techniques and apply this approach to collaborative planning for multi-agency pandemic influenza...   >> More
New Item NEMA After-Action Report (Region: WY, NE, CO, KS)
A tabletop exercise tested the ability of four bordering states to communicate with each other and manage a pandemic influenza outbreak before an emergency was officially declared. ...   >> More
New Item Healthcare Coalition Council of King County (WA)
A coalition was formed between healthcare facilities in King County, Washington, and relevant results arose from the partnership. The general descriptions of the coalition and its...   >> More
New Item Allocating Influenza Vaccines in Minnesota (MN)
A well-written and valuable guide on the ethics of influenza vaccine distribution was the product of a multidisciplinary work group composed of public health professionals, ethicists,...   >> More
New Item Medical Coordination Centers (NJ)
A concept paper provides a process by which a public health department can provide statewide accessibility to select medical information and home medical treatment during an influenza...   >> More

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