Edward Simmer MD MPH
408
Oct. 2, 2025
1003: Anniversary Accomplishments, FHIR Pilot Program
Dr. Edward Simmer, ASTHO member and interim director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, celebrates the department’s one-year anniversary with a recap of their achievements, including the highest health ranking in the state’s history; Dr. Bryant Thomas Karras, the Washington State Department of Health’s chief medical informatics officer,...
396
Sept. 16, 2025
991: PHIG Funding + Interoperable Systems
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Dr. Edward Simmer, ASTHO member and the interim director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, discusses how his department is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant.
Guest: Edward Simmer MD MPH
290
June 6, 2024
680: SC Overdose Dashboard, Disability Data Analysis Grants
Dr. Edward Simmer, director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, talks about a dashboard for state-wide overdose data; Chevelle Glymph, senior director of Public Health at the Association for University Centers of...
Guests: Edward Simmer MD MPH , Chevelle Glymph MPH
187
Jan. 9, 2024
576: State Health Assessments Inform Planning, How to Access Public Health Databases
Dr. Edward Simmer, director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, dives deep into a new state health assessment; Melissa Touma, ASTHO’s director of the Public Health Infrastructure Program, tells us how Colorado used...
Guests: Edward Simmer MD MPH , Melissa Touma MPH
185
Nov. 10, 2022
302: Veterans Working in Public Health
In a special edition of the newscast, we celebrate Veterans Day with thoughts from two veterans working in public health: Keith Reed, Oklahoma Commissioner of Health, is a registered nurse and a colonel in the Oklahoma Air National Guard and Dr....