Public Health Informatics and Information Systems

This book covers all aspects of public health informatics and discusses the creation and management of an information technology infrastructure that is essential in linking state and local organizations in their efforts to gather data for the surveillance and prevention. Public health officials will have to understand basic principles of information resource management in order to make the appropriate technology choices that will guide the future of their organizations. As the major topic at the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) spring congress in 2001, public health has moved into the spotlight, given the importance of implementing a population- based health approach and to addressing chronic health conditions. This book marks the first systematic effort to provide informatics principles and examples of practice in a public health context. In doing so, it clarifies the ways in which newer information technologies will improve individual and community health status. This book's primary purpose is to consolidate key information and promote a strategic approach to information systems and development, making it a resource for use by faculty and students of public health, as well as the practicing public health professional. Chapter highights include: The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics; Assessing the Value of Information Systems; Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health; and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security. Review questions are featured at the end of every chapter. Aside from its use for public health professionals, the book will be used by schools of public health, clinical and public health nurses and students, schools of social work, allied health, and environmental sciences. Drs. O'Carroll and Yasnoff are public health specialists at the Centers for Disease

Contents

Foreword
Series Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors

Part I. The Context for Public Health Informatics
Chapter 1. Introduction to Public Health Informatics
 Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chapter 2. History and Significance of Information Systems and Public Health
 John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH
Chapter 3. Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information to Deliver Value
 Marion Ball, EdD
Chapter 4. The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics
 John Christiansen, JD

Part II. The Science of Public Health Informatics
Chapter 5. Information Architecture
 Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chapter 6. Core Competencies in Public Health Informatics
 Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD
Chapter 7. Assessing the Value of Information Systems
 Pete Kitch, MBA
William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Chapter 8. Managing IT Personnel and Projects
 Pete Kitch, MBA
William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Chapter 9. Public Health Informatics and Organizational Change
 Nancy M. Lorenzi, PhD
 Robert T. Riley, PhD
Chapter 10. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Public Health Information
William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Chapter 11. Data Standards in Public Health Informatics
 Daniel B. Jernigan, MD, MPH
 Jac Davies, MS, MPH
 Alan Sim, MS
Chapter 12. Evaluation for Public Health Informatics
 Deborah Lewis, EdD, RN, MPH
Chapter 13. Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health: Duties and Challenges in Computational Epidemiology
 Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD

Part III. Key Public Health Information Systems
Chapter 14. The National Vital Statistics System
 Mary Anne Freedman
 James A. Weed, PhD
Chapter 15. Morbidity Data
 Linda K. Demlo, PhD
 Jane F. Gentleman, PhD
Chapter 16. Risk Factor Information Systems
 Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPM
Eve Powell-Griner, MA, PhD
Deborah Holtzman, PhD
G. David Williamson, PhD
Chapter 17. Informatics of Toxicology and Environmental Public Health
 Edwin M. Kilbourne, MD, FACP, FACPM
Chapter 18. Knowledge-Based Information and Systems
 Neil Rambo, MLS
Christine Beahler, MLS

Part IV. New Challenges, Emerging Systems
Chapter 19. New Means of Data Collection
 Denise Koo, MD, MPH
 Meade Morgan, PhD
 Claire Broome, MD
Chapter 20. New Means for Increasing Data Accessibility
 Robb Chapman
Chapter 21. Geographic Information Systems
 Carol L. Hanchette, PhD
Chapter 22. Immunization Registries: Critical Tools for Sustaining Success
 Rob Linkins, MPH, PhD
Chapter 23. Decision Support and Expert Systems in Public Health
 William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
 Perry L. Miller, MD, PhD
Chapter 24. Promoting the Delivery of Preventive Medicine in Primary Care
 Larry L. Dickey, MD, MPH
 John D. Piette, PhD
 
Part V. Case Studies: Applications of Information Systems Development
Chapter 25. Policy Issues in Developing Information Systems for Public Health Surveillance of Communicable Diseases
 Ivan J. Gotham, PhD
 Perry F. Smith, MD
 Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH
 Michael C. Davisson
Chapter 26. Networking/Connecting People in a Sustainable Way: Information Network for Public Health Officials (INPHO)
 Ron Seymour
 Fran Muskopf, BS
Chapter 27. The Community Health Information Movement: Where It's Been, Where It's Going
 Richard D. Rubin
Chapter 28. Developing the Missouri Integrated Public Health Information System
 Garland Land, MPH,
Nancy L. Hoffman, RN, MSN
Rex Peterson
Chapter 29. Using Information Systems to Build Capacity: A Public Health Improvement Tool Box
 Jerry A. Schultz, PhD
 Stephen B. Fawcett, PhD
 Vincent T. Francisco, PhD
 Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD
Chapter 30. Using Data to Meet a Policy Objective: Community Health Assessment Practice  with the CATCH Data Warehouse
 James Studnicki, ScD, MBA, MPH
 Alan R. Hevner, PhD
 Donald J. Berndt, PhD
Chapter 31. International Networking: Addressing the Challenge of Emerging Infections
 Ann Marie Kimball, MD, MPH, FACPM
 Tiffany Harris, BS
Chapter 32. Case Study: An Immunization Data Collection System for Private Providers
 William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Chapter 33. Public Health Informatics in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
 Lewis E. Berman, MS
 Yechiam Ostchega, PhD, RN
 Debra S. Reed-Gillette, BA
 Kathryn Porter, MD, MS
Chapter 34. Epilogue: The Future of Public Health Informatics
William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPM
Denise Koo, MD, MPH
Robert Linkins, MPH, PhD
Edwin M. Kilbourne, MD

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