Environmental Health Surveillance Powered by GIS Technology Enhances Public Health Efforts at San Bernardino County
San Bernadino Public Health knows that monitoring the mosquito population benefits community health directly. This is why the public health team is tracking mosquitos breeding areas and leveraging GIS technology to better coordinate mosquito control efforts in order to prevent the spread of disease.
Healthcare IT Today spoke with Serene Ong – Geographic Information Systems Analyst, Andrew Mackey – Statistical Analyst, and Anthony Arce – Research Analyst at San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH) to find out more.
Mosquito Surveillance
Mosquito Surveillance is used to monitor mosquito po...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Andrew Mackey Anthony Arce ArcGIS esri GIS technology Mosquito Surveillance Public Health San Bernardino County San Bernardino County Department of Public Health SBCDPH Serene On Source Type: blogs
San Bernardino Public Health ’s use of GIS Technology Blossomed from a Single Map
The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH) uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to improve decision-making and use resources more effectively. SBCDPH began their GIS journey with a single map to track environmental health key performance indicators (KPIs). Since then, the use of GIS technology has expanded into numerous areas better serving the people that live and work in San Bernardino County.
Healthcare IT Today spoke with three representatives from SBCDPH to learn more about how they have deployed GIS technology:
Serene Ong, Geographic Information Systems Analyst
Christopher M. Aquin...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT ArcGIS Christopher M. Aquino environmental health esri Geographic information system GIS technology Healthcare Scene Featured Lap Le Public Health San Bernardino Source Type: blogs
Building a Resilient Cybersecurity Team: Hiring for Attitude in a Competitive Market
Conclusion
In the competitive realm of cybersecurity talent acquisition, hiring for attitude is vital for building a resilient team. By valuing the right mindset, prioritizing continuous learning, and fostering effective leadership, we create an environment where talented professionals can thrive. Embracing alternative recruitment channels, such as HR departments, recruiting companies, military bases, retirees, and schools, can expand our talent pool and increases the chances of finding individuals who possess the necessary skills and attitude required to excel in the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity. By investing in...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Anis Trabelsi Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Team Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare HR Healthcare IT Hiring Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Measures to Address the Stalled Development of Health Law Education in Chinese Universities
Jingyi Xu (Peking University), Yue Wang (Peking University), Measures to Address the Stalled Development of Health Law Education in Chinese Universities, (2023): Health law education, an important part of global health education, is beneficial for both medical and law schools.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 2, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Trump Earns a Failing Grade in Civics (K-12) in North Carolina.
BY Mike Magee MD
Events over the past year clearly have confirmed that we are a “work in progress” even as we stubbornly affirm our good intentions to create a society committed to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
With the Dobbs’ decision, our Supreme Court has unleashed long-abandoned regressive state laws designed to reinforce selective patriarchy and undermine the stability and confidence of America’s women and families. As a result, our nation’s health professionals, and the patients they care for, potentially find themselves “on the wrong side of the law.”
It calls to mind ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Non-Health Donald Trump Mike Magee North Carolina Republican Supreme Court Source Type: blogs
How the Arts transform our Brains, Bodies, and Minds
One of my favorite sayings comes from David Thoreau: “My life has been the poem I would have writ / But I could not both live and utter it.” It speaks to the way that life and art are intertwined, and how we gain so much from living life with a sense of beauty and aesthetics in mind.
There are many ways art infuses my own life—from singing and playing guitar to reading novels and attending plays, which all help to improve my mood and enhance my sense of wonder with the world. Probably, neuroaesthetics many of you feel the same way. Some of you may have felt you’ve even been saved by art.
Now, a new book, Your Brai...
Source: SharpBrains - May 31, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning art neuroaesthetics Your Brain on Art Source Type: blogs
Legalizing Organ Sales
This article appeared onSubStack on May 25, 2023.Organ sales are illegal in the United States and most other countries (Iran is a partial exception). The National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984states, “it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce.” The penalty for breaking the law is a fine of $50,000 or up to five years in prison , or both.In Libertarian Land, organ markets are legal. This makes everyone better off.Consider first kidneys. People have ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 25, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey Miron Source Type: blogs
Patient or Prisoner in the'Free World' Hospital
Ji Seon Song (University of California, Irvine), Patient or Prisoner in the ' Free World ' Hospital, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. (Forthcoming): Carceral power expands into many institutions vital to social life. Policing and carceral surveillance extend into schools, public benefits offices,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Lock'em up, part three
This study happens to have been done in New York City but the population is presumably typical.EducationMaleFemale< HS46.2%63.2%HS or GED26.7%18.1%Any college or technical27.1%18.7%Employed at arrest44%18.6%Homeless/shelter past 12 months25.7%35.7%Health Issues past 12 monthsDepression19.4%26.5%Anxiety Disorder8.2%13.8%Visited ER26.3%41.7%Admitted to Hospital11.6%26.6%*Freudenberg, et al.Comparison
of Health and Social Characteristics of People Leaving New York City Jails by
Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity: Implications for Public HealthInterventions.
Public Health Reports 2007. 122(6)Okay, so you ' re likely to have li...
Source: Stayin' Alive - May 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Nursing the Nation and the World
Nurses are everywhere. They are legion. The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses don ' t shy away from responsibility — they embrace it. Nurses run towards the metaphorical fire. Just as firefighters rush into burning buildings and police officers run towards the active shooter, nurses don their gloves and deal with the sputum, the blood, the pus, the emesis, the feces, and the urine — body fluids be damned, th ere ' s work to do and nurses do it. The Ubiquitous NurseWhere would the country be without nurses? Without nurses, the healthcare system wou...
Source: Digital Doorway - May 8, 2023 Category: Nursing Source Type: blogs
How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity
There has been an incredible rise in technological advancements in the world of healthcare recently due to our sudden need for everything to be digital when COVID hit. While the cases of COVID have gone down and we’ve settled into a new normal, that isn’t the only crisis that we need a tech fix too. We need to start searching for how we can use technology, new or old, to fix health inequality and discrimination.
We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. The following is what they had to say and be sure to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Regulations Alex Rothberg Andrew Kobylinski Ben Zaniello MD Bronwyn Spira Cardio Diagnosti Source Type: blogs
Catastrophic Enrollment Declines at Some Community Colleges
Marc JoffeCollege enrollment has been shrinking, putting pressure on institutions below the elite tier. Although most attention has focused on failures of for ‐profit colleges and smaller private liberal arts schools, public colleges are not immune from distress. Community college enrollment has been especially weak. A review of federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data from 2011 and 2021 shows that several community colleg es have suffered catastrophic enrollment declines over the ten‐year period. These institutions may be candidates for consolidation, which would save taxpayer money.N...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
Uncovering the controversial debate surrounding climate change
In a recent posting, “The vital importance of climate change education in medical schools,” the author concluded that climate change is “here and undeniable” and, based on her experience of wildfires, that the cataclysmic consequences are already upon us. Many would disagree, including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Ivar Giaever who, on resigning from the American
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Uncovering the controversial debate surrounding climate change originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Martin C. Young, MD Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Can San Francisco Afford Reparations?
Marc JoffeLater this year, San Francisco Supervisors will consider anambitious plan to make reparations to black residents to compensate them for the lingering effects of slavery and more recent discriminatory public policies. While other Cato scholars have commented more generally on reparations atthe national level andin San Francisco, I will focus here on the fiscal implications and the local economic impact.AHoover institution analysis of the plan estimates its cost at $200 billion, with most of the expense attributable to the recommended $5 million cash payment to each eligible individual. Because the recommendat...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 10, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
Why Replacing Traditional Instruction with Virtual Learning Violates the IDEA
Meaghan Pickles (University of Mississippi), Why Replacing Traditional Instruction with Virtual Learning Violates the IDEA, 34 U. Fla. J. L.& Pub. Pol ’y (Forthcoming): Schools increasingly use virtual courses in lieu of traditional classroom instruction to save money. Generally, virtual... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 4, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
