This book is a comprehensive text about all aspects of public health informatics and information technology. This books emphasizes the essential role that public health informatics plays in implementing a population-based health approach and to addressing chronic health conditions. This book is intended for public health specialists, nurses, medical informaticians, information technology professionals, and family physicians.

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Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what is to come. -Marcus Tullius Cicero Improvements in the health status of communities depend on effective public health and healthcare infrastructures. These infrastructures are increasingly electronic and tied to the Internet. Incorporating emerging technologies into the service of the community has become a required task for every public health leader. The revolution in information technology challenges every sector of the health enterprise. Individuals, care providers, and public health agencies can all benefit as we reshape public health through the adoption of new infor- tion systems, use of electronic methods for disease surveillance, and refor- tion of outmoded processes. However, realizing the benefits will be neither easy nor inexpensive. Technological innovation brings the promise of new ways of improving health. Individuals have become more involved in knowing about, and managing and improving, their own health through Internet access. Similarly, healthcare p- viders are transforming the ways in which they assess, treat, and document - tient care through their use of new technologies. For example, point-of-care and palm-type devices will soon be capable of uniquely identifying patients, s- porting patient care, and documenting treatment simply and efficiently.

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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