How to Choose Telehealth Technologies
Telehealth technologies provide an opportunity for state and territorial health agencies to expand access to public health programs. This resource provides an overview the most common types of ...
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Seven Emergency Preparedness Exercises for Health Agencies
The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program includes seven exercise types that are either discussion-based or operations-based.
Better Defining Disability Will Make Data More Inclusive and Usable
Better Defining Disability Will Make Data More Inclusive and Usable ASTHO, association of state and territorial health officials, access to health care, centers for disease control, syndromic ...
Charting a New Course for Public Health Workforce Well-Being
An ASTHO brief on the importance of understanding moral injury and burnout, with recommendations on areas of organizational focus.
Maximizing the Benefit of COVID-19 Therapeutics: Considerations for State Public Health Officials
An issue brief by ASTHO and the Duke University Margolis Center for Health Policy that highlights considerations for state health officials as they look to maximize the benefits of COVID-19 ...
Climate and Health Capacity Survey: 10 Key Takeaways
This infographic breaks down the top 10 takeaways from the 2022 Climate and Health Capacity Survey.
Lessons Learned from Moving to Virtual/Hybrid EOCs in the COVID-19 Response
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Emergency Operations Centers played a vital role as health department leaders implemented and coordinated response objectives, plans, and activities. The lessons learned ...
Louisiana Aims to Recharge Neighbors’ Battery-Powered Life Support Equipment
The Louisiana Department of Health has developed Power Outage Partners, a first-of-its-kind program to recruit owners of stand-by residential generators to recharge the batteries of neighbors’ life ...
Using Lessons from the COVID-19 Response to Inform Telehealth Activities
Health providers have widely used telehealth to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection and to improve access to healthcare services thanks in large part to policy changes and regulations. This ...
When the Power Fails: Helping Life-Support Equipment Users
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People who use electricity-dependent durable medical equipment (DME) at home—such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators—can face life-threatening consequences during a power outage. HHS reports ...
Community Partners Offer Key Insights to Health Departments for Increasing Vaccine Confidence
During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has increased because of misinformation and disinformation spreading across social and traditional media platforms, targeting vulnerable and ...
Leveraging the HHS emPOWER Program to Enhance Power Outage Planning
The emPOWER program provides federal data, mapping, and artificial intelligence tools, as well as training and resources, to help communities nationwide protect the health of at-risk Medicare ...
Defining Disability for Syndromic Surveillance
Information on disability status and type is not systematically collected during emergency department visits and, as such, it cannot be used during surveillance. ASTHO conducted six key informant ...
Environmental Health Innovations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2021, ASTHO convened state environmental health directors and directors of public health preparedness to discuss innovations developed during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual inspections. ...
Virtual Food Safety Inspections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To ensure that establishments were abiding by food safety rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect the health of professionals who inspect these facilities, multiple state health agencies ...
Guide for Implementing a Telehealth Program
What public health problem are you attempting to address and how can telehealth technology help you do it? This resource helps state and territorial health agencies assess, define, plan, and ...