Public Health Services Advisory Board meeting agenda
Mark your calendar.
The Olmsted County Public Health Services Advisory Board meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2010 in the Cascade Conference Room at Olmsted County Public Health, 2100 Campus Dr. S.E. (which is kitty corner from Olmsted Medical Center Hospital and right next to the Federal Medical Center off of 4th Street S.E.).
"The Public Health Service Advisory Board (PHSAB) is a citizen board appointed by the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners. Under Minnesota Statute 145A, the Olmsted County Board has authority as Public Health Board. The role of the PHSAB is to advise the County Board on planning, maintenance, funding and evaluation of public health services," says the county's Web site.
Meeting agenda items include:
• Minnesota Department of Health grant opportunities.
• A regional proposal for TB (tuberculosis) clinic services.
• Health information technology, including federal, state and local issues.
• An update from the State Community Health Services Committee.
• Legislative issues, including local public-health priorities.
• Olmsted County lobbying policy for staff and the Advisory Board.
By Jeff Hansel, member Association of Health Care Journalists
Health Reporter for the Post-Bulletin newspaper, 18 1st Ave. S.E. in Rochester, Minnesota 55904
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