Posts Tagged ‘counties’
Building Public Health Data Infrastructure Is Key to Precision Public Health
Leveraging health information exchanges gives public health the functionality needed to modernize and flex to the ever-changing landscape of disease and need around us We are at an important crossroads for public health in this country. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that our woefully underfunded public health infrastructures are in desperate need for modernization, starting…
Read MoreCongenital Syphilis, Although 100% Preventable, Is a Health Crisis
The U.S. is currently facing a public health crisis — one that is on the rise at an alarming rate, has devastating consequences, and is 100% preventable. And that’s congenital syphilis (CS). Mothers with syphilis can transmit it to their babies during pregnancy or at birth. Approximately 40% of babies born to patients with untreated…
Read MoreData Sharing Can Reverse a Health Crisis
A deeper look at the congenital syphilis situation in San Bernardino County Congenital syphilis (CS), a preventable and potentially devastating disease passed during pregnancy, is increasing at an alarming pace in California and nationwide. If a pregnant mother diagnosed with syphilis does not receive timely treatment, the impact of CS on the baby can be severe, ranging…
Read More“Achieving CA’s Public Health Goals with Collaborative Health Data Sharing” Webinar Recap
California is currently facing a public health crisis around congenital syphilis (CS), yet CS is 100% preventable with timely intervention and treatment. Health Information Organizations (HIOs) are in a unique position to make data and tools available to local public health jurisdictions (LHJs) and public health communicable disease teams for timely prevention, intervention, and treatment.…
Read MoreImproving Public Health and Communicable Disease Control With Health Information Exchange
How the largest county in the U.S. launched an innovative prevention effort using ADT alerts and longitudinal patient records to coordinate care for vulnerable pregnant women The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH) works in partnership with their communities to promote and improve health, wellness, safety, and quality of life in San Bernardino…
Read MoreHealth Plan of San Joaquin Drives California’s Mission to Vaccinate Vulnerable Populations
As California’s Covid-19 vaccination distribution began, a leading Medi-Cal health plan focused on innovation and strategy to support its highest-risk and underserved members Located in the heart of California’s multicultural Central Valley, Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) is the leading Medi-Cal managed care provider in the region, serving over 91 percent of Medi-Cal recipients…
Read MoreHealth equity in California must start with health data
This pandemic has amplified long-standing health inequities and exposed a fundamental truth: The information infrastructure of public health systems is severely under-resourced, outdated, and fragmented. Years of federal and state disinvestment have taken their toll on California. I’ve seen it through my decades of public health work in four California counties. Health inequities are driven…
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