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Public Health Informatics. Edward L. Baker MD, MPH Public Health Training Center Annual Meeting August 2012. Why Care About Informatics?. Informatics is central to support and accelerate the transformation of public health practice in the e-health era
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Public Health Informatics Edward L. Baker MD, MPH Public Health Training Center Annual Meeting August 2012
Why Care About Informatics? • Informatics is central to support and accelerate the transformation of public health practice in the e-health era • Information systems are the key link between public health practice and healthcare • Informatics supports the business of public health
Strategic Drivers • Interconnected health system • Community-centered health • Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Public Health
Informatics Involves… Conceptualization Design Development Implementation Evaluation Maintenance Public Health Information Systems Disease Reporting Outbreak Management Cancer Registries Risk Factor Surveillance New Born Screening
Goal of Informatics Getting the right information, to the right person, at the right time to support them doing something constructive to advance health
Paper Kills Paper conceals information
Leadership Coordination Assessment Planning and Priority Setting Vision Strategic Implementation Secure Planning Plan & Budget Funding Integrated County/Region/State Health Information System Census Individual Records Dashboards Queries Reports Alerts Events Extract Validate Integrate Program Records Vitals Integration Engine Surveillance Data Pop’l Surveys Policies, Resources, Processes
Informatics is not IT Informatics: • Describes the information requirements • Understands the users • Designs the information solutions to: • Link program performance measures to information tools used to support the program
PH Systems Require More Than IT • Technology • Content • Processes • Workforce • Information Systems
What Public Health Informatics Needs to Do Put simply, we should help by: • making data sharable interoperability • being clear about what systems must do to be worth their cost requirements analysis • sharing what we know with those who need to know it knowledge management
Practice of Public Health Informatics • Structuring data in ways that correctly convey their meaning • Translate program needs into technology guidance and/or designs that lead to systems that work • Aid in the sharing and dissemination of health knowledge
Data Life Cycle and Workforce Needs
Workforce Competencies • Defining Information Needs • Understanding the IT life cycle • Understanding critical success factors • Achieving interoperability • Stakeholder communications
Existing Training Programs and Resources • UIC • UW • Emory • UNC • PHII • Other?
Training Resources • Public Health Informatics Institute • Informatics for Public Health Managers • Informatics for Surveillance Epidemiologists
Public Health Informatics Academy(Under development) • Overview of Public Health Informatics • Information Technology Lifecycle • Defining Information Needs • Achieving Interoperability • Stakeholder Communications
Defining Your Information Needs • Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology • Business Process Analysis • Business Process Redesign • Information Requirements Definition
Collaborative Requirements Development Methodology • http://www.phiicrdm.org/methodology
Informatics Involves… Conceptualization Design Development Implementation Evaluation Maintenance Public Health Information Systems Disease Reporting Outbreak Management Cancer Registries Risk Factor Surveillance New Born Screening
Open Discussion Future Directions PHTC Collaboration?