The PIHOA Governing Board and Secretariat wish to convey a heartfelt si yu'us ma'ase and thank you to all of you who were able to join us in Guam for the 71st PIHOA Executive Board Meeting. Our sincere gratitude for your participation, support, valuable comments, inputs, and meaningful dialogue! 

We hope you can continue to join us and support PIHOA’s important work at our next PIHOA Executive Board Meeting, tentatively planned for March 2023 in Honolulu.

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Day 3, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (Open Session)

71st PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Agenda

Session 1: Innovations and Opportunities for Health Workforce Development and Pipeline Planning (Zoom Recording)

• Dr. Kristine Qureshi, Regional HRH Coordinator, PIHOA - Progress Update on the USAPI Health Workforce Assessment and Next Steps
• Dr. Eric Blank (virtual), Chief Program Officer, APHL - Guam Regional Public Health Laboratory: Status and proposed Center of Excellence
• Dr. Margaret Hattori-Uchima, Dean, School of Health, UOG - Health Workforce Development Opportunities: UOG Health Professional Education Programs
• Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Interim Publishing Director, UOG Press; Dr. Laura Biggs, Associate Professor of Biology, UOG - Regional Biomedical Research Journal
• Dorothy-Lou M. Duenas, Nursing and Allied Health Administrator, GCC - Health Workforce Development Opportunities: GCC Nursing and Allied Health Training Programs

Session 2A: Re-Branding the USAPI Regional NCD Emergency Crisis Declaration and Response – What is the Data Telling Us? (Zoom Recording)

• Emi Chutaro, Executive Director, PIHOA - Timeline of the USAPI NCD Emergency Crisis Declaration and Regional Response Progress to Date
• Iris Matthews, Evaluation Lead, Stellar Group - The USAPI NCD Emergency Crisis Declaration Status/Next Steps for Regional NCD Emergency Response External Evaluation
• Dr. Haley Cash, Regional NCD Epidemiologist, PIHOA/CDC, and Courtney Choy, NCD Data Dashboard Specialist, PIHOA Technical Consultant - USAPI Status Against the USAPI Regional NCD Surveillance and Monitoring Framework 
• Dr. Rachel Novotny (virtual), Professor and Graduate Chair, Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, UH Mānoa - USAPI Status on Childhood Obesity and Nutrition and Next steps 

Session 2B: Re-Branding the USAPI Regional NCD Emergency Crisis Declaration and Response – Lessons Learned, Gaps, Innovations, and Opportunities for NCD Response (Zoom Recording)

• Kaitlyn Neises-Mocano (virtual), Special Assistant for Policy, Sustainability, and Development, CNMI CHCC - NCD Policy: Tax Increase on Sugary Drinks as Public Health Intervention in the CNMI - Impact Estimates on Consumption and Revenue 
• Dr. Neal Palafox (virtual), B.H. and Alice C. Beams Endowed Professor in Cancer Research, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UH JABSOM, and Professor, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Prevention in the Pacific), UH Cancer Center - NCD Early Screening and Detection: Strengthening Primary HPV Screening in the USAPIs: Status and Next Steps of Pilot Projects in Guam and Yap, FSM, and Potential Roll-Out to the Rest of the USAPIs 
• Patrick Luces, Acting Chair, Guam NCD Consortium, NCD Program Coordinator, Guam DPHSS, and President, PCDC - NCD Best Practices Outside of the Traditional Health Sector: Guam NCD Consortium Engagement with Communities, Schools, and Private Sector

Session 3: Data Modernization – Lessons Learned and Innovations in Establishing and Implementing Health Information Systems/Electronic Health Records in the USAPIs (Zoom Recording)

• Edolem Ikerdeu, Chief, Primary and Preventive Health Division, and Acting Director, Community Health Center, Palau MHHS - Planning and Implementation of New E-Health Initiative: Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps 
• Edlen Anzures (virtual), Health Informatics Director, Office of Health Planning, Policy, Preparedness, and Epidemiology, RMI MOHHS - Planning and Implementation of RMI’s Ministry Health Information Systems (MHIS): Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps 
• Dr. Norman Okamura (virtual), Principal Investigator, PBTRC, College of Social Sciences/Social Science Research Institute, UH Mānoa - The Right Recipe: Things to Consider for the Successful Planning, Costing, Implementation, and Maintenance of EHR Systems