News, Events & Public Meetings

The North Central Florida Health Care Coalition (NCFHCC) is teaming up with other local medical organizations to bring you the Cybersecurity and Highly Infectious Disease Summit on May 26th in Palatka, Florida. At the event, individuals will get the chance to learn from an array of experts and participate in a Homeland Security tabletop exercise on cybersecurity and medical surge.

The event will include two speakers from UF Health Shands who will go in depth into Ebola planning and response.

Also on the agenda, The President and CEO […]

Health Information Technology (HIT) is a great way for service providers and patients to electronically share necessary health information. However, many rural communities in Florida lack financial and technical resources to implement HIT within their practices.

Fortunately, the Rural Health Partnership of North Central Florida (RHP) developed CommunityHealth IT to create a solution to this problem. This organization helps rural providers understand the benefits, risks and opportunities of HIT while providing the means to invest in HIT programs. CommunityHealth IT is supported by partners throughout […]

CommunityHealth IT’s leadership serves as the official Health IT advisors for the national Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM). PAHCOM has been working as the premier course of support and resources for managers and administrators of small healthcare practices throughout the country since 1988. Working with PAHCOM, CommunityHealth IT developed the Health Information Technology Certified Manager for Physician Practice, which is now one […]

WellFlorida Council was recently awarded a Gold ADDY and the Larry Edwards Public Service Award by the Gainesville chapter of the American Advertising Foundation (AAF). The awards are for a public service campaign for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Program (MIECHV). Jill Dygert, Art Director and Communications Manager of WellFlorida, is credited with the creative direction, graphic design and copy […]

The Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA) is holding its 22nd Annual Rural Health Educational Summit on April 28 and 29 at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront in St. Petersburg, Florida. At the event, individuals and organizations will have the opportunity to join in advocacy for assurance of affordable healthcare for Floridians.

The keynote address will focus on Leadership Equity: The Key to Improving Population Health. Topics will focus on rural impacts from the recent Florida Legislative Session, oral health, and improving population health. Sessions include: […]

Starting in January 2016, providers and patients on MyHealthStory and in the Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) can efficiently exchange patient information, securely and privately. MyHealthStory and TRMC are working towards building a network of Health Information Exchange that will serve patients and travelers along the I-75 corridor and plan to include Department of Defense healthcare providers. Experts in security, the […]

The Florida Health Information Exchange (HIE) allows healthcare providers to securely exchange health information. Offering patient look up, direct messaging and event notification services, it is enhancing the way healthcare providers exchange information.
By joining the network established through Community Health IT’s MyHealthStory, users gain access to the Florida HIE and the eHealth Exchange. The eHealth Exchange is a group of federal […]

WellFlorida’s Associate Planner, Naomi Ardjomand-Kermani, MPH, will be a guest speaker at the educational summit Understanding Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities: A Healthcare Perspective on Friday, March 18 at the Hilton UF Conference Center in Gainesville. Naomi will discuss the need for inclusive and comprehensive sexual education. At WellFlorida, Naomi is currently in her third year of managing the High Impact (HIV) Prevention grant, funded by the Florida Department of Health, as both the HIV Prevention Specialist and Linkage Care Coordinator for newly diagnosed HIV […]

Organized by the Global Institute for Cybersecurity + Research and hosted at American University

News that a California hospital was forced to pay ransom to regain control of their own computer system is just the latest example of the constant cyber threat faced daily by governments, businesses and individuals worldwide. Coordinating and managing a swift and effective response to cyber attacks is one of the biggest challenges in today’s complex and interconnected world. An even more vexing problem is how to build a coordinated fortress for […]

Typically, behavioral health information is excluded from community health information exchanges because it is difficult to keep this private information absolutely secure. Professionals in this field have stricter confidentiality requirements than traditional healthcare professionals especially surrounding substance abuse. MyHealthStory, however, is making the secure transfer of this information possible.

Since 2011, MyHealthStory has allowed behavioral health centers and their patients to securely and privately […]