"Public Health and You" features experts speaking on a variety of topics suited for health professionals, including health educators and administrators, nurses, pediatricians, physicians, social workers, epidemiologists and others.
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Dr. Joy Wachs, director of the ETSU University and Midway Honors Program, speaks on community partnerships.
Tony Benton, CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance's Franklin Woods Community Hospital, focuses on Accountable Care Organizations, a health care model where groups of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers come together to coordinate and improve care for patients while also lowering costs.
Joe Smith and Josh Smith bring dual perspectives to the topic of media and public relations. Josh Smith is the evening news anchor for WJHL-TV 11 Connects, and Joe Smith is director of media relations for ETSU's Office of University Relations.
Dr. Mike Stoots, an assistant professor and undergraduate program coordinator for the ETSU College of Public Health, discusses how participants can conduct evaluation of their own organizations to better measure outcomes and success.