General

Usually foodborne illnesses are the result of improper handling or consumption of improperly cooked foods, and the range of pathogenic microorganisms that cause such infectious disease includes bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. Many of those that are infectious to humans also affect animals, while some are mutually exclusive.

DDW Case Management: Decision Consultation and Team Justification Process Memo

This memorandum serves as a reminder to district and charter school leaders that state statutes and New Mexico Administrative Codes are in place to guide public schools in both immunization requirements and exemptions.

This is the current membership list for the Trauma System Fund Authority.

This document provides a reference of items, their new and current values, and status for any vendor who derives more than 50 percent of their food sales revenue from WIC food instruments.

This is an exercise with which to practice the Assessment Process for the problem of Excessive Drinking (alcohol) for your county. You will work in groups of five persons. You may each be from different counties.

Local and state health departments need to adapt and evolve if governmental public health is to address emerging health demands, minimize current as well as looming pitfalls, and take advantage of new and promising opportunities. To succeed requires a view into the future. This paper provides that vision.

This document provides the latest organizational structure for the Division of Health Improvement.

Of the nearly one in 10 New Mexicans who have asthma, more than a third of children and nearly half of adults have the disease under poor control, according to a new state Department of Health report. The chronic lung disease causes some 7,700 emergency room visits and 1,800 hospitalizations a year in New Mexico, ringing up an estimated $30 million a year in hospital charges, the report found.

This report presents EM resources ED status reporting percent by the Trauma Nurse Coordinator Forum for FY13-FY14.

The Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Advisory Committee is committed to the adoption of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs. Our goal is to facilitate the early identification, diagnosis, amplification and intervention of infants and children with hearing loss in order to maximize developmental outcomes.

This document provides examples of indicators for case review. Situations covered include death reviews, scene times greater than 10 minutes, length of stay in a facility for more than 2 hours prior to transfer to a tertiary care center, diversions, and emergency medical services run sheet availability on medical record within 24 hours of emergency room admission.

Letter from the trauma systems manager introducing the trauma performance improvement committee.

This is the current member list for the trauma advisory and system stakeholders committee.

This is a map of emergency medical services trauma centers in New Mexico.

This document describes the trauma advisory and system stakeholders committee including an overview of the organization, purpose, responsibilities, membership, quorum, appointment to membership, term of membership, ex-officio members, removal from the committee, officers, standing subcommittees, conduct, and scheduling of meetings.

This is an annual progress report for budget period July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013.

The New Mexico Newborn Hearing Screening Program is designed to oversee the newborn hearing screenings, diagnostic evaluations and referrals to the early intervention process through a tracking system. The program assists in identifying those newborns with hearing loss, as soon as possible, so the ability to develop communication and social skills is obtained at the earliest stage.

This document contains a complete listing of New Mexico Emerging Infections Program peer-reviewed articles, reports & updates, and conference abstracts.

Provides a comprehensive list of risk factors that are associated with permanent congenital, delayed onset or progressive hearing loss in childhood.