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Conclusion
Improved coordination between public health and health care system partners is essential to the development of a modernized public health system that is capable of improving health for all communities. In confronting a myriad of challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, states have developed unique strategies and processes for bringing public health, health care systems, and community partners together to address their biggest health challenges. As states continue to develop initiatives for addressing preventable, costly, and high-burden health conditions at the intersection of public health and health care systems, and take lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to build resiliency for further public health crises, the strategies and examples outlined in this toolkit can provide a foundation for future endeavors.
State Workgroup Participant List
Danny Avula, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Social Services
Natasha Bagdasarian, Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan
Sara Beaudrault, Policy Analyst, Office of the State Public Health Director, Oregon Health Authority
Cara Biddlecom, Deputy Public Health Director, Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority
Kris Box, Former Health Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health
Jan Chamness, Director of Public Health Transformation, Kentucky Department for Public Health
Maria Courogen, Director of Systems Transformation, Washington State Department of Health
Brooke Cunningham, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health
Jatin Dave, Medical Director, MassHealth
Thomas Dobbs, Dean, John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Patsy Kelso, State Epidemiologist, State of Vermont
Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Scott Rivkees, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Linette Scott, Chief Medical Information Officer, California Department of Health Care Services
Elizabeth Tilson, State Health Director, Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer, Alaska Department of Health and Human Services
Acknowledgements
NASHP would like to thank The Commonwealth Fund for its generous support of this toolkit and the Public Health Modernization Learning Collaborative for its engagement in this effort.
NASHP would also like to thank the many state leaders and experts who provided input and feedback on this toolkit. The strategies and examples in this toolkit were identified through 1) a series of informational interviews with state public health, Medicaid, and other agency leaders, as well as local public health officials, public health experts, health system representatives, and others; 2) virtual meetings of the State Leaders Working Group (a list of State Leaders Working Group participants is below), which provided guidance and feedback to the toolkit; and 3) an expert roundtable composed of public health partners and organizations.
In particular, NASHP would like to thank Jeffrey Levi, Anne Reid, Janet Heinrich, Marianne Udow Phillips, Reena Chudgar, Christina Ramsay, Krista Wasowski, Michael Fraser, and J.T. Lane for their input, review of, and feedback on portions of the toolkit.
NASHP would also like to thank Shaza Stevenson for her contribution to this resource while working at NASHP.
