Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

JUST ANNOUNCED: ASTHO, National Network of Public Health Institutes, and Public Health Accreditation Board will launch new Implementation Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The program will modernize data systems and enhance data exchange standards across public health agencies. Learn more about this transformative initiative: https://lnkd.in/d7pKy3Xe.  #ImplementDM #JoinTheDataMovement #PHIG #PublicHealth #DataModernization

The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Implementation Centers launched by ASTHO, National Network of Public Health Institutes, and Public Health Accreditation Board celebrate a health ecosystem that is a partnership of health departments and agencies that can share key health information, notes ASTHO's Tabatha Offutt-Powell, DrPH, MPH, vice president for public health data modernization and informatics. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e3UpYvvV. #ImplementDM #JoinTheDataMovement #PHIG #PublicHealth #DataModernization

Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly essential and integral connection between health and social care. States and territories can partner with Medicaid to leverage funding to provide CHW services, advancing health equity and improving population health. ▪ Learn more about the role of CHWs and the power of collaboration with Medicaid in a new audio blog with Diana Crumley. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/ebAvmR3K. ▪ Vanessa Finisse, program officer for the Center for Health Care Strategies and Madison Hluchan, MPH, CAPM®, ASTHO assistant director for Medicaid and health systems partnership, explore how states and territories can partner with Medicaid to leverage funding to advance health equity and improve population health through CHWs. Access their brief here: https://lnkd.in/e5STefVC. #CommunityHealthWorkers #CHWs #HealthEquity #Medicaid

Why work in a public health lab? 🔬Contribute to disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, and health monitoring. 🌍Safeguard the well-being of populations through innovative laboratory practices. See open positions and apply: https://lnkd.in/g5THHePW. #PublicHealthCareers #DreamJobs #PublicHealthLabs

Jennifer Layden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology, discusses the importance of the new CDC-funded Implementation Centers launched yesterday by ASTHO, National Network of Public Health Institutes, and Public Health Accreditation Board to support health departments, to adopt new technology and data standards, and to help better connect the exchange of data between the public health ecosystem and healthcare systems. Learn more about this transformative initiative: https://lnkd.in/eu8KxWQN. #ImplementDM #JoinTheDataMovement #PHIG #PublicHealth #DataModernization

The Grants Management Office Structure Optimization Toolkit empowers health departments to evaluate their federal grant workload, staffing requirements, and opportunities to streamline grant management. The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) is leveraging this ASTHO toolkit to bolster its internal grants management capabilities and oversight, maximizing the impact of federal funding. Furthermore, PRDOH anticipates the toolkit will foster greater information sharing, a more inclusive organizational culture, and additional benefits. Explore the toolkit now: https://lnkd.in/eiX8SfNn. #GrantsManagement #FederalFunding #IslandHealth

Today on PHRME, hear how Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded Implementation Centers will assist with public health data modernization and exchange from Jennifer Layden, director of CDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology, and Tabatha Offutt-Powell, DrPH, MPH, ASTHO's vice president for public health data modernization and informatics. On The View from Washington, DC, Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, shares concerns with Capitol Hill appropriation discussions and stresses the critical impact of storytelling for public health funding. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/eu8KxWQN. #ImplementDM #JoinTheDataMovement #PHIG #PublicHealth #DataModernization #CapitolHill #FederalFunding #Storytelling #PHRME

Integrating PRAMS data with administrative data sources can enhance maternal and child health research, policy, and program evaluation for public health agencies and researchers. A new ASTHO report shares a framework for creating these linkages. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e9vf4tS2. #PRAMS #MaternalHealth Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tune in to Public Health Review Morning Edition today and hear from Chelsea Cipriano on the Common Health Coalition's commitment to bridge healthcare and public health to strengthen partnerships and advance health equity. Megan Wolfe shares how ASTHO's commitment to healthy aging policy led to being the first nation-level organization to achieve Trust for America's Health's Age-Friendly Public Health Systems recognition. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/ev9anFW5. #HealthEquity #HealthyAging #HealthPolicy

Explore Connecticut's journey to the gold standard in retail food safety with Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, and learn why adopting the FDA Food Code is a win for states in the latest Public Health Review. Access now: https://lnkd.in/etMqZTUi. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative