TY - JOUR AU - Markiewicz, Milissa AU - Bevc, Christine A. AU - Hegle, Jennifer AU - Horney, Jennifer A. AU - Davies, Megan AU - MacDonald, Pia DM PY - 2012 DA - 2012/02/23 TI - Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist program JO - BMC Public Health SP - 141 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - In 2003, 11 public health epidemiologists were placed in North Carolina's largest hospitals to enhance communication between public health agencies and healthcare systems for improved emergency preparedness. We describe the specific services public health epidemiologists provide to local health departments, the North Carolina Division of Public Health, and the hospitals in which they are based, and assess the value of these services to stakeholders. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-141 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-141 ID - Markiewicz2012 ER -