Posts by Laura Blum
Change a Life, Be a Mentor: My Mentorship Experience
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week: Moving Forward from COVID-19
Health Data Literacy: A Story is Worth 1,000 Data Points
October is Health Literacy Month! Health literacy seems more important now than ever, with multiple sources identifying poor health literacy as a barrier to COVID-19 response efforts. John Zarocostas identified COVID-19 as an “infodemic” as much as a pandemic.
Read MoreThe Group that Studies Together Stays Together: Group Learning for Professional Development
6 Tips to Stay Sane While Working from Home
Advice from the Work from Home “Experts” at Lantana Consulting Group 1. Get ready for work in the morning We’ll admit it: sometimes we work in our pajamas…or yoga pants…or…
Read MoreU.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week: An Update on the Antimicrobial Use Option
Lessons Learned from Validation of Electronically-Submitted National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use (AU) Option Data
Public Health Analyst Series: Laura’s Journey
The me of ten years ago never would have predicted the career that I have now. Ten years ago, I was majoring in mathematics and economics at the University of California San Diego, on track to become a retirement actuary. I took a class on the US healthcare system to fulfill one of my general education requirements, and the professor assigned us a paper on a local healthcare organization of our choice.
Read MorePublic Health Analysts: Who We Are and What We Do
Public health professionals generally have, at minimum, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from a program that includes a wide variety of concentrations such as epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy,…
Read MorePatient-Generated Health Data and EHR Integration
The PGHD Revolution With the rise in popularity of mobile health apps and wearable technology, the volume of patient-generated health data (PGHD) is rapidly outpacing providers’ ability to…
Read More2017 Annual Retreat: My First Week at Lantana
I started a new job last month, joining Lantana Consulting Group as a Public Health Analyst, and my first week there was a little out of the ordinary. Lantana is…
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