News Items

1. Congratulations to new and re-elected AAPHP Officers and Board Members. 
See Item 1 below.
2. HIPPA privacy regulations will  be delayed and a new comment period will
be allowed. Medicaid and CHIP regulations are being also delayed by 60 days.
See Item 2.
3. Developing a National Agenda for Public Health Informatics, May 15-17,
Atlanta GA http://www.amia.org/meetings/spring/f2.html
4. Montgomery County Health Department (PA) open health officer position -
see item 4

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Item 1.

Elected to:  secretary Ann Fingar, MD MPH, 

Re-elected to treasurer John Poundstone MD, MPH,

Elected to new terms to the board of trustees -
Tisha Dowe, MD MPH,
Elizabeth Safran MD MPH, 
Camille Dillard MD MPH and
Marc Safran, MD. 

Congratulations to these new AAPHP leaders and a sincere thank you to outgoing board members William C. Keck MD MPH , and Charles Konigsberg JR MD MPH for outstanding service.

Item 2 -

This information is from the Western Pennsylvania edition of  \Physician News Digest.  http://physiciansnews.com/  
The HIPPA regulations are being delayed because Congress had not been sent a copy of the rules. The CHIP and Medicaid regulations are part of President Bush's "temporary block and review of all late regulations issued by the outgoing Clinton administration."

Item 4 -

This was received from AAPHP member Walter Tsou.   Letters for
application for the Montgomery County Health Officer  should be written to:
Mr. Harry Gehman; Chair, Board of Health;
Montgomery County Health  Department;
PO Box 311; Norristown, PA 19404-0311. 

Montgomery County Health Department is a full service health department with approximately 120 employees and serves a county of 725,000 residents.  The successful applicant will have strong leadership skills, knowledge of public health and communicable disease control, and environmental health. Salary is negotiable.

February 28, 2001