News in brief Ideas to improve public health shared in #NPHWChat The AOA joined the National Public Health Week Twitter chat to share how DOs are taking steps to improve public health. April 5, 2017Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics advocacypublic health In one hour, the National Public Health Week (NPHW) Twitter chat saw almost 4,300 tweets from 822 people and organizations, gaining over 68 million impressions, according to the official NPHW twitter page. The AOA participated in the #NPHWChat on Wednesday afternoon to share what the osteopathic profession is doing to raise awareness of public health issues and improve public health. Responding to questions of how we can create a healthier U.S. and remove barriers to health equity, the AOA shined a spotlight on physicians like Richard Bryce, DO, who leads healthy lifestyle boot camps for underinsured youth in Detroit and Farhad Modarai, DO, who helps create permanent medical respite facilities for homeless individuals. More than 800 people as well as organizations like the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics participated in the conversation on how the U.S. can become the healthiest nation by 2030. Scroll through some of the tweets below and see the full #NPHWChat conversation on Twitter. A1: We can use data to achieve the triple aim of lower costs, better care and better population health: https://t.co/wPav9XrQbJ #NPHWchat — AOA (@AOAforDOs) April 5, 2017 Wow! #NPHWchat by the numbers: 4,298 Tweets. 822 Participants. 68,877,428 Impressions. More analytics here: https://t.co/FBQrMv3NyA — NPHW 2017 (@NPHW) April 5, 2017 A4: Before designing a solution for members of a community, you need to fully understand their obstacles: https://t.co/qqgmtXL4mL #NPHWchat — AOA (@AOAforDOs) April 5, 2017 @NPHW A4. 1 in 8 young people are disconnected from opportunity in their community, in that they're not working or in school. #NPHWChat pic.twitter.com/S9GrqYtcLg — RWJF_Live (@RWJF_Live) April 5, 2017 A7: CDC offers fellowships, internships, & training for students & professionals to build a strong public health workforce. #NPHWChat — CDC (@CDCgov) April 5, 2017 A4: We focus on medicine when we could better serve patients by focusing on how to live a healthier life: https://t.co/z5TAhqqQNj #NPHWchat — AOA (@AOAforDOs) April 5, 2017 A5 #KeepKidsCovered! Children’s health coverage is at an all-time high thanks to CHIP, Medicaid, and ACA. #NPHWChat https://t.co/FTtLQsHHkt pic.twitter.com/lKVAxyuKrP — Amer Acad Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds) April 5, 2017 @NPHW A6: Creating a #cultureofhealth by teaming up w/ schools as mentioned in @RWJF's latest issue brief #NPHWchat https://t.co/KO2ndqfhLd — Playworks DC (@PlayworksDC) April 5, 2017 More in Newsbriefs For the first time, a DO is president-elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association Katherine Pannel, DO, MSMA’s new president-elect, seeks to advance mental health advocacy and physician autonomy. TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. Previous articleJay Bhatt, DO, MPH, named to National Minority Quality Forum's 40 Under 40 Next articleInside advocacy: AOA lawyers protect practice parity
For the first time, a DO is president-elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association Katherine Pannel, DO, MSMA’s new president-elect, seeks to advance mental health advocacy and physician autonomy.
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.