Karen Desalvo
Biographic Data
| ID | 2082082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Desalvo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Desalvo |
| SIGNATURE | DESALVO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karen DeSalvo, Ayame Dinkler, and Sarah Babcock are with the City of New Orleans Health Department, New Orleans, LA. Nicole Lurie and Kristen Finne are with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. Chris Worrall and Jeffrey Kelman are with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, DC. Alina Bogdanov is with Acumen LLC, Burlingame, CA. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fifteen Years After Katrina
Following the devastation of the Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, region by Hurricane Katrina, 25 nonprofit health care organizations in partnership with public and private stakeholders worked to build a community-based primary care and behavioral health network. The work was made possible in large part by a $100 million federal award, the Primary Care Access Stabilization Grant, which paved the way for innovative and sustained public health and h…
Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
All people in the United States deserve the same level of public health protection, making it crucial that every health department across the country has a core set of foundational capabilities. Current research indicates an annual cost of $32 per person to support the foundational public health capabilities needed to promote and protect health for everyone across the nation. Yet national investment in public health capabilities is currently abou…
Timely, Granular, and Actionable
Ensuring the conditions for all people to be healthy, though always the core mission of public health, has evolved in approaches in response to the changing epidemiology and challenges. In the Public Health 3.0 era, multisectorial efforts are essential in addressing not only infectious or noncommunicable diseases but also upstream social determinants of health. In this article, we argue that actionable, geographically granular, and timely intelli…
Using Medicare Data to Identify Individuals Who Are Electricity Dependent to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Response
During a disaster or prolonged power outage, individuals who use electricity-dependent medical equipment are often unable to operate it and seek care in acute care settings or local shelters. Public health officials often report that they do not have proactive and systematic ways to rapidly identify and assist these individuals. In June 2013, we piloted a first-in-the-nation emergency preparedness drill in which we used Medicare claims data to id…
Quality of care and its impact on population health
Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
All people in the United States deserve the same level of public health protection, making it crucial that every health department across the country has a core set of foundational capabilities. Current research indicates an annual cost of $32 per person to support the foundational public health capabilities needed to promote and protect health for everyone across the nation. Yet national investment in public health capabilities is currently abou…
Timely, Granular, and Actionable
Ensuring the conditions for all people to be healthy, though always the core mission of public health, has evolved in approaches in response to the changing epidemiology and challenges. In the Public Health 3.0 era, multisectorial efforts are essential in addressing not only infectious or noncommunicable diseases but also upstream social determinants of health. In this article, we argue that actionable, geographically granular, and timely intelli…
Quality of care and its impact on population health
Using Medicare Data to Identify Individuals Who Are Electricity Dependent to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Response
During a disaster or prolonged power outage, individuals who use electricity-dependent medical equipment are often unable to operate it and seek care in acute care settings or local shelters. Public health officials often report that they do not have proactive and systematic ways to rapidly identify and assist these individuals. In June 2013, we piloted a first-in-the-nation emergency preparedness drill in which we used Medicare claims data to id…
Quality of care and its impact on population health
Using Medicare Data to Identify Individuals Who Are Electricity Dependent to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Response
During a disaster or prolonged power outage, individuals who use electricity-dependent medical equipment are often unable to operate it and seek care in acute care settings or local shelters. Public health officials often report that they do not have proactive and systematic ways to rapidly identify and assist these individuals. In June 2013, we piloted a first-in-the-nation emergency preparedness drill in which we used Medicare claims data to id…
Timely, Granular, and Actionable
Ensuring the conditions for all people to be healthy, though always the core mission of public health, has evolved in approaches in response to the changing epidemiology and challenges. In the Public Health 3.0 era, multisectorial efforts are essential in addressing not only infectious or noncommunicable diseases but also upstream social determinants of health. In this article, we argue that actionable, geographically granular, and timely intelli…
Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
All people in the United States deserve the same level of public health protection, making it crucial that every health department across the country has a core set of foundational capabilities. Current research indicates an annual cost of $32 per person to support the foundational public health capabilities needed to promote and protect health for everyone across the nation. Yet national investment in public health capabilities is currently abou…
Fifteen Years After Katrina
Following the devastation of the Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, region by Hurricane Katrina, 25 nonprofit health care organizations in partnership with public and private stakeholders worked to build a community-based primary care and behavioral health network. The work was made possible in large part by a $100 million federal award, the Primary Care Access Stabilization Grant, which paved the way for innovative and sustained public health and h…
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