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Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns; born 1965 or 1966) is an American physician and public-health researcher who served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health from 2019–2020. She played a leading role in Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columbus Public Health is the health department of Columbus, Ohio. The department is accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board. [2] The department dates to 1833, when the city's mayor appointed five citizens to help with its cholera outbreak. It became a permanent body to activate whenever health emergencies arose. [3]
Patient navigators are supportive staff within healthcare, welfare, and community-based health systems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The position may collaborate closely, or have overlapping roles, with community health workers, case managers, and patient advocates.
The community health center (CHC) in the United States is the dominant model for providing integrated primary care and public health services for the low-income and uninsured, and represents one use of federal grant funding as part of the country's health care safety net. The health care safety net can be defined as a group of health centers ...
It was named one of the “Most Wired” hospitals in America in a survey that assessed the ways hospitals use information technologies for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues. [5] The hospital cost $150 million to construct. [6] The contractor on the project was Elford/Gilbane Building ...
It provides access to the Ohio Health Ice Haus, [33] the practice facility of the Columbus Blue Jackets and several local high school teams, and the Big Lots! Box Office. [ 34 ] It hosts numerous events in the Arena District, but serves as a primary entrance for Columbus Blue Jackets games and other arena events.
In 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. The organization was created as a joint venture between the American Public Health Association and the National League for Nursing (NLN). CHAP became a separately incorporated, non-profit subsidiary of the NLN in 1988, under the CHAP name.
Franklin County has been rated for COVID-19 severity under Ohio's Public Health Advisory System and the CDC's COVID-19 community transmission map. 2020. July 2: The Ohio Public Health Advisory System is established. Franklin County is rated "Level 3" or "Red", the second-highest warning level in the advisory system. [28] [29]