Health care, public health partnership pledges action in four areas
The founding members of the Common Health Coalition, a health care and public health partnership, last week to action in four priority areas: coordination between health care and public health; always-on emergency preparedness; real-time disease detection; and exchange of actionable data, with an emphasis on advancing equity. In addition, the coalition released a illustrating how interested organizations can commit to effective action. Formed in 2023 to recommend strategies to strengthen coordination between the health care and public health systems, the founding members are ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, AHIP, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Medical Association and Kaiser Permanente. The AHA the importance of using pandemic lessons to establish improved communication with local and state public health leadership to meet future challenges. (AHA News , 3/13/24)