If there was ever a question about the role of information technology in healthcare, the COVID-19 pandemic has answered it emphatically. Quickly analyzing large data sets and mapping the locations of cases around the world requires scale and power. Federal hospital systems (VA, Indian Health and Military Health System) are large users of the technology and the Department of Health and Human Services and its research centers fund research on a...

After careful deliberation, the NJLM Executive Board and Officers announce that the 105th Annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities Conference will be held as a Virtual Conference the week of November 16-20, 2020, providing League membership, exhibitors and other supporters of local government with an opportunity to engage with colleagues from around the State. The League’s leadership is confident that a Virtual Conference will be...

Overview: As an Executive Assistant, whatever your specific title and job description, you are called on to perform duties will beyond the administrative. You need leadership skills to manage a wide range of executives and their complex activities, whether in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors. You may have a team of your own. Leadership is defined as setting direction and influencing others to go in that direction. Areas Covered in the...

Overview: This 90-minute webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA HITECH is now fully enforced with bipartisan support and the government is not using kid gloves any more. Areas Covered in the Session: Updates for 2021 and beyond COVID19 and HIPAA Changes Fines Portable devices Texting and Emailing - new guidelines Politics and HIPAA Speaker: Brian Tuttle i...

Overview: This webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get the facts straight on how to navigate through these troubled waters and yet maintain compliance with HIPAA and ensure a patient's federal Civil Rights are upheld. Areas Covered in the Session : Federal HIPAA obligations and how a pandemic applies Working from home in a compliant manner New definition of what constitutes protected health...

The pandemic, economic crisis, and racial justice protests highlight the larger public health disparities in our minority communities. Speakers will address these issues: The historic framework and why race still matters The importance of analysis in developing short- and long-term strategies How a resilience helps sharpen the focus on health disparities Current public health priorities related to the pandemic: targeted testing, catching up on...

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides comprehensive health services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries. The VA...

2019 Theme — Creating the Healthiest Nation: For science. For action. For health. As public health professionals in the 21st century, we strive to create the healthiest nation. We build on three core principles that guide our work — science, to identify ways to prevent and treat disease, and to make the healthy choice the easy choice; action, to use our minds, our hearts, our feet, our experience and our diversity, collectively, to...