Overview The causative bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei (B. pseudomallei) was recently found in soil and water in the southern United States. This bacterium causes a rare and serious disease called melioidosis. During this COCA Call, presenters will provide updates on the new and evolving epidemiology of melioidosis in the United States and discuss what clinicians need to know […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISA Region 3 (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar to enhance your organization’s resilience in case of an active shooter incident. Preparing employees for a potential active shooter event is an integral component of an organization’s […]

Join NETEC experts on Thursday, October 20 at 12pm EDT for a live town hall event designed to help frontline health care workers prepare for an Ebola incident. Participants will have an opportunity to ask our experts questions about the current Ebola outbreak, IPC and PPE considerations, lab safety precautions, transport, training, and preparedness needs […]

The Virginia Healthcare Emergency Management Program, in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, is hosting a webinar on Oct. 26 at noon featuring Jerry Oakes, Supervisor of Operations with Williams Gas, who will present an overview of the Williams Gas pipeline footprint across […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISA Region 3 (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar to enhance your organization’s resilience in case of an active shooter incident. Preparing employees for a potential active shooter event is an integral component of an organization’s […]

The goal of Emory University's Serious Communicable Diseases ECHO program is to provide evidence based resources to medical professionals to treat patients with special pathogens and to mitigate the spread of disease. This webinar was developed as a result of the recent Ebola outbreak in Sudan. Anyone interfacing with patients, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, hospital […]

CDC’s OneLab Network will host the "When Receiving Samples from Patients Suspected to Be Infected with Ebola, What’s the Plan?" Webinar to help clinical and public health laboratories collaborate with healthcare teams to provide the testing required to diagnose and treat hospital patients under investigation (PUI) for Ebola virus disease.

On Thursday, Nov. 3 at noon, VHHA will host the first in a series of webinar briefings highlighting innovative, hospital-based behavioral health treatment programs established with state support to care for Virginians in need. The focus of the inaugural webinar is on Riverside Health System’s comprehensive behavioral health strategy and will feature remarks from Riverside Behavioral Health Center President Stacey […]