Resources for Health Care Professionals

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Veterans Resources for Clinicians

	What Does Research Tell Us about Military Families and Deployments Deborah Gibbs, Deputy Director, Women, Children, and Families Program, Research Triangle Institute International
	Military Children & Families/ Challenges of Complicated Deployments Dr. Stephen Cozza, Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
	Understanding the Deployment Experiences of Guard & Reserve Families David L. McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
	Heroes at Home: Understanding the Impacts of Wartime Deployments in Military & Veteran Families Dr. Susan McCutcheon, Director, Family Services, Women’s Mental Health, and Military Sexual Trauma, Office of Mental Health Services, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Communicating Effectively About Vaccinations

• Virginia Focus Group Research - Hard to Reach Populations - Flu Vaccination Media Campaign
• ASTHO Vaccination Survey - Atlanta, Seattle, Washington, D.C.

Clinicians' Letters
Urgent updates from the Health Commissioner

• Lo/Ovral Recall
• Cronobacter Illness in Infants
• Caring for Veterans Info for Health Care Professionals
• Influenza in Virginia
• Earthquake and Hurricane
• Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)
• HIV Testing
• Death Certificate Regulations
• E. coli O104:H4, CDC Health Alert
• Measles
• Lyme Disease
• Radiation in Virginia
• Influenza Update, February 2011
• Influenza Update, December 2010
• Teen Pregnancy and Preterm Rates Improving

• Changes in the Virginia AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP)
• Foodborne Illness
• Increase in Pertussis
• Promoting Folic Acid Intake to Decrease Prematurity and Neural Tube Defects
• Influenza in Virginia, 2010-2011
• Death Certification
• Lyme Disease

Training Opportunities
Online Courses: EARN FREE CME! 
Please note that you may only earn CME by taking these courses through our learning management system, TRAINVirginia. If you wish to receive credit for these courses, you must register through this system by following the instructions below. 

To earn free CME for the courses listed below, register with TRAINVirginia at https://va.train.org and search for the course VDH: Public Health Education for Healthcare Professionals 2010-2011, Course ID 1024797.

If you have any problems adding an account or accessing an existing account please contact: Brad Bradley at Robert.Bradley@vdh.virginia.gov or Patrick Bridge at Patrick.Bridge@vdh.virginia.gov.

Online Courses: Non-CME Versions
You may not receive CME for these courses. The versions listed here are available for informational purposes only.

• Keeping Lyme in Mind: Lyme Disease in Virginia
• Food Safety – An Urgent Health Issue
• Vibrio Vulnificus Fact Sheet
  
• Brochure for Patients at High Risk for Serious Complications from Foodborne Illnesses
• Influenza in Virginia, 2010-2011: What’s New?
  
• Death Certification: Your Final Act of Patient Care
• Death Certification Job Aid

Updated Guidance and Best Practices

• Guidance for Hospitals Boarding Patients Admitted through the Emergency Department When an Inpatient Bed is Not Immediately Available
• Press Release
• PCR Testing for Diagnosing Pertussis

Emergency Preparedness

• Guidance Documents for Healthcare Professionals Including Hurricane Preparedness Information

Meaningful Use

• Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

H1N1

• H1N1 providers' page

Request Consultation or Presentation on a Range of Public Health Topics
For individual practices and clinics, annual association meetings and healthcare provider conferences.

• Contact
  Suzi.Silverstein@vdh.virginia.gov
  804-864-7538

Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS)
Join the thousands who have registered with Virginia’s free, web-based computerized medical record system for immunization data that documents all immunizations a person has received from all medical sources into one definitive, accurate record. Click here to learn more about what VIIS has to offer.

• VIIS webpage for providers