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Improving public health through data exchange

AWS Public Sector Blog

As public health resources shift away from the pandemic response, jurisdictions now seek ways to modernize their public health infrastructure to avoid previous challenges such as data fragmentation, incompleteness of health data, and lack of interoperability.

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Enhance productivity with Amazon Bedrock Agents and Powertools for AWS Lambda

AWS Public Sector Blog

This capability is crucial for effective public sector planning and decision-making. However, LLMs alone may fall short in providing timely and relevant insights, especially for agencies managing dynamic and time-sensitive operations. Amazon Bedrock Agent Action Group : Manages the actions performed by the agent.

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Legal Issues for Volunteers Responding to Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at the Temple University College of Public Health. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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UC Davis Health Cloud Innovation Center, powered by AWS, uses generative AI to fight health misinformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci called health misinformation “the enemy of pandemic control.” The following storyboard was produced to highlight the journey of a public health official.

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Automatically extracting email attachment data to reduce costs and save time for local public health departments

AWS Public Sector Blog

Local public health departments must notify public health agencies, like state health departments or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of reportable conditions. Data from the reports is often manually entered into electronic systems used for disease surveillance and case management.

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AWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Supercharge your growth with AWS services, solutions, and partners AWS public sector customers are accelerating their time to value and mission impact by leveraging specialized skills and solutions from AWS and the AWS Partner Network.

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Migrating and modernizing state WIC applications with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Public health agencies know that modernizing their technology infrastructure is necessary to avoid disruptions to program operations and create new opportunities to serve their constituents. The AWS whitepaper Disaster recovery options in the cloud describes how the architecture can be extended to implement disaster recovery.