Public Health Informatics and Information Systems

by O'Carroll, Patrick W.; Yasnoff, William A.; Ward. M. Elizabeth; Ripp, Laura H.; Martin, Ernest L.

• ISBN13: 9780387954745
• ISBN10: 0387954740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

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 Control and Prevention.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
David A Ross
Alan R. Hinman
Kristin Saarlas
William H. Foege
Series Preface	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Contributors	xxi
PART I THE CONTEXT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
Introduction to Public Health Informatics	3	(13)
Patrick W. O'Carroll
History and Significance of Information Systems and Public Health	16	(23)
John R. Lumpkin
Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information to Deliver Value	39	(13)
Marion J. Ball
The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics	52	(33)
John R. Christiansen
PART II THE SCIENCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
Information Architecture	85	(13)
Patrick W. O'Carroll
Core Competencies in Public Health Informatics	98	(16)
Janise Richards
Assessing the Value of Information Systems	114	(45)
Pete Kitch
William A. Yasnoff
Managing IT Personnel and Projects	159	(20)
Pete Kitch
William A. Yasnoff
Public Health Informatics and Organizational Change	179	(20)
Nancy M. Lorenzi
Robert T. Riley
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Public Health Information	199	(14)
William A. Yasnoff
Data Standards in Public Health Informatics	213	(26)
Daniel B. Jernigan
Jac Davies
Alan Sim
Evaluation for Public Health Informatics	239	(12)
Deborah Lewis
Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health: Duties and Challenges in Computational Epidemiology	251	(18)
Kenneth W. Goodman
PART III KEY PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The National Vital Statistics System	269	(17)
Mary Anne Freedman
James A. Weed
Morbidity Data	286	(30)
Linda K. Demlo
Jane F. Gentleman
Risk Factor Information Systems	316	(19)
Patrick W. O'Carroll
Eve Powell-Griner
Deborah Holtzman
G. David Williamson
Informatics of Toxicology and Environmental Public Health	335	(17)
Edwin M. Kilbourne
Knowledge-Based Information and Systems	352	(27)
Neil Rambo
Christine C. Beahler
PART IV NEW CHALLENGES, EMERGING SYSTEMS
New Means of Data Collection	379	(29)
Denise Koo
Meade Morgan
Claire V. Broome
New Means for Increasing Data Accessibility	408	(23)
Robb Chapman
Geographic Information Systems	431	(36)
Carol L. Hanchette
Immunization Registries: Critical Tools for Sustaining Success	467	(27)
Robert W. Linkins
Decision Support and Expert Systems in Public Health	494	(19)
William A. Yasnoff
Perry L. Miller
Promoting the Delivery of Preventive Medicine in Primary Care	513	(24)
Larry L. Dickey
John D. Piette
PART V CASE STUDIES: APPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
Policy Issues in Developing Information Systems for Public Health Surveillance of Communicable Diseases	537	(37)
Ivan J. Gotham
Perry F. Smith
Guthrie S. Birkhead
Michael C. Davisson
Networking/Connecting People in a Sustainable Way: Information Network for Public Health Officials	574	(21)
Ron Seymour
Fran Muskopf
The Community Health Information Movement: Where It's Been, Where It's Going	595	(22)
Richard D. Rubin
Developing the Missouri Integrated Public Health Information System	617	(27)
Garland Land
Nancy L. Hoffman
Rex Peterson
Using Information Systems to Build Capacity: A Public Health Improvement Tool Box	644	(17)
Jerry A. Schultz
Stephen B. Fawcett
Vincent T. Francisco
Bobbie Berkowitz
Using Data to Meet a Policy Objective: Community Health Assessment Practice with the CATCH Data Warehouse	661	(22)
James Studnicki
Alan R. Hevner
Donald J. Berndt
International Networking: Addressing the Challenge of Emerging Infections	683	(10)
Ann Marie Kimball
Tiffany Harris
Case Study: An Immunization Data Collection System for Private Providers	693	(19)
William A. Yasnoff
Public Health Informatics in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	712	(31)
Lewis E. Berman
Yechiam Ostchega
Debra S. Reed-Gillette
Kathryn Porter
Epilogue: The Future of Public Health Informatics	743	(6)
William A. Yasnoff
Patrick W. O'Carroll
Denise Koo
Robert W. Linkins
Edwin M. Kilbourne
Index	749