649: Saving EMS, Telling Data Stories, and Defeating Superbugs

Dia Gainor, Executive Director of the National Association of State EMS Officials, worries about challenges facing local jurisdictions working to provide EMS services; ASTHO invites listeners to join a national online symposium this Thursday to learn about the latest with avian influenza; Mike Cisneros, a data storyteller from the organization Storytelling with Data says stories often get left behind because we focus too much on data analysis and not enough on how to present the data to audiences; Brianna Scott, MPH, a Healthcare Associated Infections Epidemiologist with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, writes in a new ASTHO blog article that superbugs can be defeated with a health equity approach. News Article: Route Fifty - Emergency Alert - States confront EMS shortages ASTHO Event: HPAI Scientific Symposium registration page ASTHO Profile Data Dashboard Webpage: Mike Cisneros, Storytelling with Data ASTHO Blog Article: Beating Superbugs Together with a Health Equity Approach