If you want to monitor what infectious diseases might be in your area or just check out a cool preparedness 2.0/public health application, take a look at www.healthmap.org.
Created by a research software developer Clark Freifield and a professor of pediatrics John Brownstein from Boston’s Children’s Hospital, HealthMap ”brings together disparate data sources to achieve unified and comprehensive view of current global state of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Public Health Preparedness'
Global (& Local) Disease Alert Google Map
July 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Public Health Preparedness
Helping Citizens Get Necessary Extra Prescription Medicine Before A Disaster
July 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Thanks to John Bowen’s Hometown Security blog, I learned about an interesting citizen preparedness development — the Florida legislature’s passage of the “Emergency Prescription Refill Bill” to help citizens store medicine for major emergencies. The legislation would “require all insurers and managed-care organizations to suspend refill-too-soon restrictions when a patient seeks a refill” if their county is under a […]



