Public Health Data Modernization Episodes

May 15, 2023

420: Maternal Mortality Disparities, Risk Appropriate Care Could Help

Dr. Brannon Traxler, Director of Public Health for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, explains why South Carolina is seeing high rates of infant and maternal mortality; Dr. Eugene Toy, Gynecologist and professor of...
May 11, 2023

418: Post-Emergency Plans, Americorps Investment

The public health emergency ends today; ASTHO CEO Dr. Mike Fraser says ASTHO members are prepared; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains that public health is adopting emergency measures into local statute and policies;...
May 8, 2023

415: Burnout Advice, Policy Wins

Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic, says self-care alone is not a solution to employee fatigue; Moss will speak at ASTHO’s TechXpo and Futures Forum later this month, where online tickets remain available; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director...
April 28, 2023

409: Data Landscape, Deeper in Debt Ceiling Debate

Craig Behm, President and CEO of CRISP, Maryland's Health Information Exchange, explains how technology has advanced data sharing capabilities; registration to attend ASTHO’s Tech Xpo and Futures Forum online are still available; the end of data...
April 25, 2023

406: One Health Discussion, CDC Data Tech Funding

Dr. Umair Shah, Washington State Secretary of Health, explains the One Health concept at the annual Preparedness Summit in Atlanta; Dr. Dylan George, Director of the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, says building strong data...
March 29, 2023

387: Women Leading ASTHO, Attending TechXpo

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, celebrates women who've held ASTHO leadership positions over the last several decades; Jamie Pina, ASTHO's Vice President of Public Health Data...
March 27, 2023

385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee in Washington D.C. seeking sustainable and flexible public health funding; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy,...
March 14, 2023

376: Dire Workforce Prediction, PH Tech Talk

Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says workforce data indicates public health agencies could lose nearly 130,000 employees by 2025;  J.T. Lane, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Population Health and...
Jan. 24, 2023

342: Racial Healing, Tech Helps Messaging

Caroline Brunton, Program Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, talks about the National Day of Racial Healing first celebrated by the Foundation seven years ago; Dr. Brannon Traxler, Director of Public Health with the South Carolina Department of...
Dec. 15, 2022

324: Vaccine Anniversary

Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer for the Association of Immunization Managers, marks the second anniversary of COVID-19 vaccines this week; Jamie Pina, ASTHO Vice President of Public Health Data Modernization, says states and territories are taking action to...
Aug. 5, 2022

235: Public Health is Underfunded

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, discusses the organization’s latest report addressing the impact of chronic underfunding on the nation’s public health system; Illinois, Tennessee, New Jersey, and others are...
July 25, 2022

226: CDC’s Multi-Billion Dollar Investment

Nick Davidson, Senior Deputy for Public Health with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discusses the CDC’s plan to invest almost four billion dollars in public health capacity, workforce, and data upgrades; Dr. Joseph...
July 15, 2022

220: You Can Help Build the Health Equity Tracker

Daniel Dawes, Executive Director for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses a new Health Equity tracker that recently marked its first year online; ASTHO is talking about equity during its upcoming Health...
May 27, 2022

188: Funding the Future of Public Health

Mike Fraser, Chief Executive Officer for ASTHO, discusses the need for the continued funding of public health. Fraser also elaborates on the unique challenges they face when requesting the money and he explains where this funding would be allotted.
May 17, 2022

180: Public Health Data Wishlist

Lena Sun, National Health Reporter at The Washington Post, joined a closing panel at last week’s ASTHO Public Health Tech Expo to offer her wishlist for public health data; Paula Tran, State Health Officer for the Wisconsin Department of Health...