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Public Health Can Strengthen the Community Safety Net
Public Health can strengthen the community safety net by first focusing on people and relationships, then creating consistent processes and using technology to support the work.
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Why local public health matters — for wallet, health, and community
When we think about health care, many of us picture hospitals, doctors’ offices, or high-dollar procedures. But often the most powerful—and cost-saving—work happens behind the scenes: in local public health departments working in our communities.
Documenting Opioid Settlement Impact
Documenting opioid settlement impacts with Nightingale Notes supports accountability for settlement-funded programs.
Understanding ACEs: Public Health Can Screen, Document, Track Outcomes
Learn how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact long-term health, why ACEs screening matters for public health, and how Nightingale Notes supports trauma-informed documentation using the Omaha System.
Statewide EHR Decisions a Big Opportunity – IF Public Health Supported
Statewide EHR Modernization Works Best When Local Public Health Has a Seat at the Table. The best approach is two systems, hospital and public health that share data.
What is a Public Health Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Article answers the question, What is a public health EHR? A Public Health EHR (Electronic Health Record) is a designed to support public health agencies in managing patient and population-level data. Unlike traditional EHRs that document individual clinical encounters, Public Health EHRs emphasize population health, disease surveillance, regulatory reporting, and community-wide care coordination.
Standardized Language: Importance for EHRs and Public Health Documentation
The Omaha System provides a holistic, interdisciplinary structure that covers environmental, psychosocial, physiological and health-related behavior. For EHRs, standardized languages, like the Omaha System, improve data quality, interoperability, outcomes measurement and reporting.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact on Long-Term Health: Public Health Lens- 2
Public health workers, especially with a strong EHR, can take actions to prevent, mitigate and measure Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) which have long-term negative health impacts.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact on Long-Term Health: Public Health Lens- 1
Adverse Childhood Experiences impact long-term health. Documentation of ACEs screenings can help identify patterns and provide actionable insights.
