Telehealth Episodes
125
Sept. 29, 2023
514: Telehealth Offers Options, Weekend Shutdown Looms
Kyle Zebley, Senior Vice President of the American Telemedicine Association, explains the benefits of telehealth; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, explains what ASTHO members should know about the...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Kyle Zebley
113
Sept. 13, 2023
502: Rural Health Plan, Age-Friendly Public Health Systems
Dr. Ralph Alvarado, Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Health, explains the work the Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force sets out to do; Dr. Karon Phillips, Policy Development Manager at Trust for America's Health; shares a funding...
33
May 17, 2023
422: Loneliness Report, In-Person or Telemedicine Care
Dr. Kerstin Emerson, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Georgia College of Public Health, examines a new report on loneliness from Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy; Ericka McGowan, ASTHO Senior Director of Emerging Infectious Disease,...
Guests: Ericka McGowan MS , Kerstin Emerson PhD
229
Jan. 30, 2023
346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is keeping an eye on the budget wrangling taking place on Capitol Hill; Ashley Cram, with ASTHO, explains how ASTHO members are working to help people in rural...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Ashley Cram, MPH
36
April 11, 2022
154: Climate Health – Public Health Week
Dr. John Balbus, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains the connection between weather and population health as part of our celebration of National Public Health Week; ASTHO’s Caroline Brazeel says work starts today on the...
Guests: Caroline Brazeel, MPH , John Balbus MD MPH
28
March 30, 2022
146: Boosting Vaccine Uptake
ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation release early results of a new survey of America’s public health workforce; ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says there are steps public health departments can take to address lagging COVID-19...
Guests: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH , Scott Harris, MD, MPH
14
March 7, 2022
132: New Vaccine Equity Program
Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO’s Director of Infectious Diseases, outlines a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in vaccination rates among adult racial and ethnic minority groups and rural communities; the Community COVID Coalition adds more...
Guests: Geetika Nadkarni MPH , Mei Kwong JD
114
Feb. 8, 2022
114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together
Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a former public health official in Maryland and principal deputy commissioner at the FDA from 2009 until 2011, says continued public confusion over testing, booster doses, and medications could be improved if two federal agencies...
83
Dec. 13, 2021
83: Senate Vaccine Mandate Resolution
Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, says it’s unlikely Congress will roll back one of President Biden’s vaccine mandates; Devon Page, a government affairs analyst at ASTHO, tells us how...