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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

Optimize resource management with: Real-time workforce availability tracking Job market trend analysis Public health data monitoring Population health metrics Solution architecture Components Amazon Bedrock LLM : The large language model used for generating responses.

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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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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. This data is then transmitted to the public health agency for compliance with reporting requirements.

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How to Promote Citizen Engagement and Participation

NLC (National League of Cities)

Times of an unprecedented public health crisis, the looming prospect of a climate […] Source. Over the past two years, people have seen just how much impact policy decisions can make in their day-to-day lives–not just on a national level, but on a local level, too.

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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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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

(Photo: Community Progress) Neighborhood-Led Vacant Lot Maintenance Programs like the Genesee County Land Bank Authoritys (GCLBA) Clean & Green initiative show how resident engagement can combat illegal dumping. Beyond aesthetics, these programs improve public health and safety. Engage local groups to collect data.