Below are the summary and materials from the Region VIII Regional Advisory Committee meeting, June 13-15, 2011. Click on each document name to access the corresponding file.
The materials are listed in the order in which they are referenced within the Meeting Summary.
June 2011 RAC Meeting Summary (pdf)
Meeting Opening resource: 17 Tips For Dealing With Volcanos, Change and Uncertainty
Lab Update [John Papp] slide set: Papp_Lab Update.pdf
CDC Update [Steven Shapiro] slide set: Shapiro_CDC Update.pdf
State Policy Updates:
CO [Kelly Voorhees/STD] resource: Colorado disease reporting form
WY [Canyon Hardesty/STD] slide set: Hardesty_WY update.pdf
NCSD (National Coalition of STD Directors) [Bill Smith] slide set: Smith_NCSD.pdf
Family Planning Update [Colleen Bray] resource: Family Planning Priorities
APHL (Association of Public Health Laboratories) [Laura Gillim-Ross] slide set: Gillim-Ross_APHL.pdf
Improving Advocacy and Policy Work at the Federal, State, and Local Levels – Overview Workshop [Bill Smith] slide set: Smith_NSCD.pdf; resource: advocacy info brief
Small Groups—State Partners resources: Region 8 IPP Brief.pdf, State Profiles resource digest.pdf
Workgroup Sessions - Discussion of single versus dual testing issue resources: GC positivity data.pdf; female gc data.pdf
The Future of IPP Assessment [Graham Smith, Yvonne Hamby] slide set: Future of IPP.pdf
Large Group: Discussion of Dual versus Single Testing Issue resources: Laboratory Workgroup’s spreadsheets Completed Lab.pdf, pricing.pdf, single-dual costs.pdf, and lab wg illustration.pdf
State/Program Partner Updates - Highlights from the Field:
I.H.S. (Indian Health Service) Update [Scott Tulloch] slide set: Tulloch_IHS Update.pdf
Colorado [Kelly Voorhees/STD] resource: CO_EPT survey.pdf
Montana [Liz Johnson/FP] slide set: Johnson_MT update.pdf; resource: Chlamydia Screening Report
South Dakota [Amanda Gill/STD] slide set: Gill_SD update.pdf
Wyoming [Canyon Hardesty/STD] slide set: Hardesty_WY update.pdf
Planning Next Meeting Dates, Infrastructure Update slide set: Meeting Plan.pdf; resource: executive committee.pdf
Dual versus Single Testing session: slide set: Peterson_Michigan CT Testing.pdf; resource: Michigan Lab Requestion
Billing and Reimbursement session slide set: Hamby_Billing-Reimbursement.pdf
JSI – State Meetings slide set: IPP state meetings.pdf
