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| August 20 2012- In This Issue |
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New Jobsite for DPH |
CDPH Receives Recognition |
Single Medicaid Eligibility System |
Communicating Health Message |
STD Program Featured
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PHBRIEFS |
PHNEWS |
PHRECIPE |
PHTRAINING |
PHEVENTS
New Jobsite for DPH
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July 1, 2012, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH)
began implementation of the NEOGOV web-based software to
automate the entire screening and hiring process with the most
comprehensive applicant tracking solution in the marketplace.
NEOGOV works with a large number of state and local government
agencies such as the state of South Carolina; the state of
Tennessee; city of Nashville, Tenn.; city of Dallas, Texas; city
of Houston, Texas; Baltimore County, Md.; city and county of
Denver, Colo.; city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii and more than
25 percent of California's counties.
The NEOGOV system enables the hiring manager to enter human
resource (HR) requests directly online. The system automatically
notifies the required approvers via email, including budget,
section directors and executive leadership. This streamlines the
approval procedure and a tracking feature allows users to see
the status of an HR request, thus increasing the transparency of
the process. Additionally, since the request is online, lost
paperwork is no longer an issue. Once the request has been
approved by all parties, HR begins the hiring process.
HR is able to publish job openings and descriptions to the DPH
website. The career portal maintains the same look and feel as
the DPH website, including the online job application and
self-service portal. With NEOGOV, DPH is able to increase the
applicant pool, measure traffic and advertising sources, and
eliminate time and effort related to posting jobs and processing
applicants, all while improving DPH's image and applicant
satisfaction.
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CDPH receives recognition during NACCHO Conference
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Jack Kennedy, M.D., district health director, Cobb &
Douglas Public Health (center) receives the model
practice award from Bobby Pestronk, M.D., NACCHO's
executive director, and NACCHO President, John Wiesman,
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Cobb & Douglas Public Health (CDPH) was recently honored during
the 2012 annual conference of the National Association of County
and City Health Officials (NACCHO) for developing and
implementing a program that demonstrates exemplary and
replicable qualities in response to a local public health need.
Cobb & Douglas Public Health's Center for Organizational
Performance & Strategy Management was named one of 39
public health programs developed by a local health department
and selected from across the nation to receive NACCHO's Model
Practice Award. This award puts Cobb & Douglas Public Health
into special company--a select group of health departments that
exemplify a forward thinking, proactive attitude toward
protecting and promoting the health of communities across the
nation.
The Center for Organizational Performance & Strategy Management
was designated a Model Practice as a result of their innovative
approach to strategic planning, quality improvement,
accreditation and engaging the community to find long term
solutions to address current and emerging public health issues.
CDPH's decision to place all of these initiatives: the Balanced
Scorecard Method of performance management and quality
improvement, the community health improvement plan to address
community health disparities through the Mobilizing for Action
through Planning & Partnerships (MAPP) process, and their
preparation for accreditation through Public Health
Accreditation Board (PHAB), led to the designation by NACCHO.
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 For
years, members, families and advocates requesting assistance
from Medicaid and PeachCare for KidsŪ have been asking the state
for an easy-to-find single point of entry eligibility and
application system. On June 1, 2012, that request came one step
closer to reality when the Georgia Department of Community
Health (DCH) learned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) approved its proposal for the implementation of
Georgia's new eligibility determination system.
"I am very excited that after nine months of hard work, diligent
communication with CMS and tireless collaboration with our
sister agencies -- the Department of Human Services (DHS), the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
and Department of Public Health (DPH) -- that we have been given
the go-ahead to proceed with procuring our project to vendors,"
said Brad Cohen, eligibility project manager. "When the
implementation planning document came back from CMS approved 30
days early with no major revisions, it was a tribute to the 50
interagency staff people who have spent so much time working on
the plan."
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Communicating Health Messages
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Kerry Shearer (left) excitedly explains the benefits
of the Aug 7-9 conference with National Public
Health Information Coalition Executive Director
Laura Espino. |
Those hoping to learn better ways of communicating health
messages or share methods that are proving successful,
gathered in downtown Atlanta earlier this month for the
annual CDC National Conference for Health Communication,
Marketing and Media.
In addition to the numerous presentations delivered by
national leading experts, exhibits were set up for those who
wanted more information while attending the three-day
conference at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta.
"It helps people talk with one voice so that we don't have
Oklahoma over here contradicting California and both
contradicting CDC," said Laura Espino, executive director of
the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC).
"That leaves the public confused once they receive the
message."
Among the conference highlights was a live webcast featuring
leading health communicators from the CDC, Iowa Public
Health and Philadelphia Public Health. Hundreds observed as
the panelists were asked questions by public health
communicator and NPHIC volunteer Kerry Shearer. Shearer says
there are many ways to learn new ideas by attending this
conference.
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STD Program Featured as CDC NPIN Partner
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Savannah State University Greater Than AIDS Team |
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Prevention
Information Network (NPIN) Featured Partner resource offers
HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB prevention-focused
organizations a platform to showcase their services, programs
and materials. The goal is to highlight the work of CDC's
prevention partners and encourage partners to connect with each
other to share information and strategies. Organizations are
nominated by CDC or their peers, or are self-nominated. Those
selected are featured on the NPIN website for the month.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) STD program has a
mission to provide technical assistance and programmatic support
to the public health districts, private providers and
community-based organizations to prevent sexually transmitted
infections, ensuring the availability of quality prevention,
intervention, and treatment. Georgia is second in the country
for infection with syphilis and seventh for gonorrhea.
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New Jobsite for DPH |
CDPH Receives Recognition |
Single Medicaid Eligibility System |
Communicating Health Message |
STD Program Featured
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PHBRIEFS |
PHNEWS |
PHRECIPE |
PHTRAINING |
PHEVENTS
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