The Barbara O’Grady Excellence in Public Health Nursing Leadership Award was established in 1991 to recognize and honor public health nurses working in management or education settings in Minnesota for outstanding leadership and contributions to public health.

 

http://www.lpha-mn.org/barbara_o'grady.html

MPHA September 2012 Newsletter

MPHA 2011 - 2012 Annual Report.pdf

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/npr.php?id=160752629

Public input is requested on the draft recommendations (PDF: 986KB/11 pages) of the Prevention and Public Health Work Group. Please direct your responses to HealthReform.MN@state.mn.us and mention Prevention and Public Health in the subject field. Comments are requested by noon on Friday, September 7.

The Bush Foundation and Citizens League  recently completed a Citizen Solutions initiative around health care that involved  about 40 community conversations with more than 1,000 Minnesotans, as well as online discussions with more than 4,100 Minnesotans.

http://bit.ly/N9PAbO

ICSI and MDH have teamed up so that you can take advantage of a full day of regional learning opportunities.  Sessions for the face to face portion of the ICSI Three Month Learning Collaborative and the MDH workshops will be held in:

• Brainerd - September 13th
• Willmar - September 21st
• Rochester - September 28th
• Metro - October 1st

Participants must register separately for the ICSI and MDH offerings.

http://www.health.state.mn.us/healthreform/homes/events/

Minnesota can continue forward on effort to improve care for Medicaid enrollees while saving taxpayer dollars.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) in August announced federal approval to implement changes to the way it pays health care providers under the state’s Medicaid program.

More info:
http://healthreform.health.state.mn.us/2012/08/state-gets-federal-approval-for.html

MPHA August 2012 Newsletter

Staff members of APHA sang, danced and practiced readiness in their homage to Billboard chart-topper, “Call Me Maybe.” The YouTube video got over 2,500 hits in its first two weeks of release. Help promote disaster readiness and groundbreaking choreography by viewing and sharing the video with friends, family and colleagues. Disasters happen, so let’s get ready!