Wehealth Forum
A collaboration of thought leaders to drive meaningful change, ensuring our shared efforts benefit communities worldwide.
Forum Meetings
Approved forum members participate in forum meetings where they review upcoming improvements, provide early feedback and shape the development of key initiatives. The meetings happen once a month and sometimes include guest speakers and guest participants depending on the topic.
Upcoming Meeting(s)
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Dec 17, 2024
Tue Dec 17 10am PT / 1pm ET
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Foodborne Illness Alerts
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End-User reporting on impact to FEMA community lifelines
- Geospatial awareness: evacuation zones, maps, impact zones
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Meeting Archives
Prior meetings, notes and recordings.
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Sep 17, 2024
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Review Forecast Zone<>Community<>Public Health Jurisdiction mapping to deliver accurate alerts to towns, cities, tribal nations and territories
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Discuss Taxonomy on how to categorize the expanding list of hazards and topics from an end-user perspective
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Review latest & upcoming app & portal releases and validate how information is represented
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Aug 27, 2014
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July 18, 2024
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New CDC Respiratory Illness Alert
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No Active Alerts
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Excessive Heat Alerts for Maricopa & Pima
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Wehealth Portal
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App Marketing Toolkit
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May 7, 2024
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We will collect feedback on the the latest versions of the apps that were publicly released last week:
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Review the new Location tab that visually shows the local NWS office corresponding to the selected county. With a link to the local office website.
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Review the new Explore tab that shows some of the active NWS alerts nationwide.
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Excessive Heat: We are launching a nationwide campaign to enhance Excessive Heat alerts with links to local resources.
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Review the attached example of what we plan to do in Maricopa County. We want to replicate this for all 3,000+ counties & territories nationwide.
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Review the planned design and confirm the actions are displayed correctly (Find cooling station, learn about heat risk etc)
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Review CDC Heat Risk forecast and how it can be incorporated
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Apr 2, 2024
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Latest Public Release
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Success Metrics for NWS alerts
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Mar 12, 2024
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Latest Design & Release
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New vs Update alerts
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Measuring success and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Mapping NWS data to Wehealth Factors
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Feb 20, 2024
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Review extreme heat warnings and advisories and what information they contain
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Review the latest design of the Wehealth alerts and validate that all NOAA data is reflected correctly
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Review the call to action and impact messaging
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Identify and review lists of resources available for end users to prepare & respond and how to connect them regionally to the alerts
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Identify and review other resources
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Jan 9, 2024
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Understanding current NWS alerts for Winter Weather and Extreme Heat and how the app can best represent the information and make it actionable (15m)
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Review user studies, design changes and gather feedback on Wehealth Notify release coming soon (10m)
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Brainstorm guest post for Weather & its effect on Public Health and the role informational apps can play (15m)
- Adding Flu, RSV, wastewater surveillance into the app
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Open Discussion & Housekeeping (15m)
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About
Wehealth Forum is a collaborative community for our partners, public officials, scientists, medical professionals, researchers, technologists and other experts dedicated to strengthening global health and safety. As a Forum member, you’ll gain insider access to influence the product roadmap and upcoming features, stay informed on the latest updates, and preview future innovations. Members are invited to participate in research projects, collaborate with academic institutions and public health departments, and contribute to solutions that make a real-world impact. You'll have opportunities to join Slack discussions, engage in email threads, review early wireframes, and shape the development of key initiatives. With monthly and ad-hoc meetings focused on specific topics, the Wehealth Forum is where thought leaders come together to drive meaningful change, ensuring our shared efforts benefit communities worldwide.
We invite partners, public officials, scientists, medical professionals, researchers, technologists and other experts to join.
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