Artificial intelligence dominates public health conversations, from conferences to vendor pitches promising “AI-powered” solutions. But much of the current literature, studies, and conversations about AI in public health remain surface-level, offering...
Some weeks remind you why you chose this work. The past two weeks did that twice. From October 14 to 16, I presented PH360 at the inaugural AIxPH Conference, hosted by the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI). Just a few days later, from October 19 to...
On October 8 we hosted AI for Environmental Health with PH360™, a webinar for the people who handle inspections and permits. A guest from a rural Missouri health department showed how he uses PH360 every week. Then Jefferson and Brett ran a live demo of Spruce, our...
September’s AI Community of Practice session closed out the MAP series we started back in May: the last step, Polish, plus an open discussion where public health peers compared notes on governance, access, and where the real friction is right now. If you...
For a local health department, the hard part of AI usually isn’t the technology. It’s knowing where to start: what to read first, what legal exposure to worry about, how to evaluate a tool someone on staff wants to try, what skills your team actually...
Sauk County’s AI Work Cited in AJPH, Alongside New York City, Chicago, and the CDC By Flourish & Thrive Labs On August 13, 2026, the American Journal of Public Health published an editorial that names Sauk County, Wisconsin as one of a handful of examples of...
Case Study How Carter County Health Center Turned Dense Guidance Into a Document School Nurses Could Use Carter County Health Center · Rural Missouri · Department of six The Challenge With the school year about to start, Michelle Walker needed the school...
F&T Labs at NACCHO360 2026 — preview NACCHO360 · July 14–16, 2026 Come find F&T Labs at NACCHO360 This year the whole F&T Labs team is all over NACCHO360 — keynoting the main stage, leading a hands-on AI‑agents workshop, presenting across the...
June's AI Community of Practice session was about the step most people skip when they try to get something useful out of AI: giving it context. Small group, real conversation. If you couldn't make it, here's what came out of it. Watch the recorded portion of the...
Why Public Health Teams Should Think About AI as an Intern If you've ever opened ChatGPT, pasted in a document, typed "make this better," and felt let down by what came back, this post is for you. The problem usually isn't the tool. It's the mental model. If you're...
Yesterday's session was about something most AI rollouts skip: mapping your workflow before you touch a tool. Small group, which meant a real conversation instead of a presentation. Watch the full session on YouTube. A transcript is available on the video page. Why...
