The goal of expanding public health insurance programs is to provide coverage to most of the nations uninsured. But policymakers face a number of challenges in determining whether this goal can be reached. For example, how much will it cost? How should new public programs be financed? How will benefits...
All countries agreed, in principle that, in circumstances of national health emergencies, developed countries should be allowed to grant compulsory licenses to manufacture generic pharmaceuticals for export to countries, which lack pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. However, there is no agreement on the appropriate definition of health emergency and without this the...
The attractiveness of Taiwan as an investment market for the international research-based pharmaceutical industry is under threat, as are the long-term prospects for its health care system and its appeal as a regional biotechnology player. The key issues: (1) Solve long-standing issues that deprive international firms of a level playing...
The National Institutes of Health NIH is one of eight agencies of the Public Health Service and part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH decided that, to meet its users' need for easy access to integrated business information, it needed outside help to bring a data...
Washington Hospital Center WHC is the flagship organization of Medstar Health, and the largest private teaching hospital in Washington, D.C., serving more than 200,000 patients annually. WHC is a leader in the nationwide public health effort to increase flu immunization rates and is executing a comprehensive solution to support increased...
The Public Health Nurse III job description template includes the following job summary: Performs responsible public health nursing service and may perform limited supervisory work in a local, regional, or state health department. Under supervision, is responsible for giving public health nursing service and renders assistance in analyzing, planning, developing,...
The Public Health Nurse II job description template includes the following job summary: Performs public health nursing service work in a local or regional health department. Under direction, participates in the analyzing, planning, developing, and coordinating of public health nursing services in a local area. Additional information available includes essential...
The Public Health Nurse I job description template includes the following job summary: Performs beginning public health nursing service work in a local or regional health department. Under administrative direction, is responsible for giving nursing care and performing related nursing services in a public health agency. Additional information available includes...
The Medical Director, Public Health job description template includes the following job summary: Responsible for the entire scope of the public health program in the county. Works under the direction of the Commissioner of Health, Deputy Commissioner for Professional Services, Associate Commissioner for Community and Rural Health, and under the...
The Sanitarian Inspector job description template includes the following job summary: To inspect a variety of establishments for conformance to public health regulations and codes. To identify hazards and examine conditions as they affect public health in such areas as milk and food control, institutional sanitation and safety, hazardous materials,...
The Epidemiologist job description template includes the following job summary: To design epidemiological studies of environmental health problems. To organize and direct the research staff in carrying out these studies, compiling and analyzing results, and preparing reports for environmental and public health authorities as well as the general public. Additional...
Regardless of size, all businesses have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their workplaces and offices, and a range of federal and state laws exist to ensure that responsibility is met. This article explains the main steps you must take for...
This paper examines the public health enterprise and its policy challenges in the twenty-first century. Among the many challenges public health faces, the authors' include here collaboration across a broad range of stakeholders, the public health infrastructure, agreement on public health's essential services, preparedness, accountability and measurement, workforce, and a...
The emphasis on preparedness has created heightened expectations and has raised questions about the extent to which U.S. public health systems have evolved in recent years. This paper describes how public health preparedness is transforming public health agencies. Key signs of change include new partnerships, changes in the workforce, new...
Historically, public health agencies have had relatively few formal partnerships with private business. However, both groups share an interest in ensuring a healthy population. Businesses have a financial interest in supporting organized public health efforts; in turn, business partnerships can increase the reach and effectiveness of public health. This paper...
Changing threats to the public's health necessitate a profound transformation of the public health enterprise. Despite recent attention to the biodefense role of public health, policymakers have not developed a clear, realistic vision for the structure and functionality of the governmental public health system. Lack of leadership and organizational disconnects...
Improving health in the twenty-first century means adopting a new approach that engages the public, the business community, and public policymakers more than in the past. This approach depends on a well-informed public that practices individual wellness, values community health, and advocates achieving both. It requires a business community that...
More than four years after September 11, 2001, bioterrorism preparedness remains a high priority for federal, state, and local governments. With reasonably flexible federal funding, communities have strengthened their ability to respond to public health emergencies, according to assessments by stakeholders and market observers. Collaborative relationships developed for bioterrorism preparedness...
The public health system represents a wide variety of actors playing key roles in the ongoing script to improve the quality and quantity of life for the U.S. population. The specific parts that public health is being asked to play and the resources available to support its infrastructure for prevention...
The dominant issues for health and health care modern day times can be effectively engaged only if public health and medicine work together as better partners. Yet historical, professional, organizational, operational, and financial barriers exist to closer relationships. Fostering the necessary collaboration will require changes for both public health and...
