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National Association of County and City Health Officials

Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives. National Association of County and City Health Officials. Kathleen Cook Member NACCHO Information Technology Committee Information & Fiscal Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. Importance of Data Standards from a.

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National Association of County and City Health Officials

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  1. Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives National Association of County and City Health Officials Kathleen Cook • Member NACCHO Information Technology Committee • Information & Fiscal Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department

  2. Importance of Data Standards from a Local Perspective Critical: • Integrate with current and future state and federal requirements • Long life expectancy for local applications • Need to make sound business case for long-term usability

  3. Importance of Data Standards from a Local Perspective Overwhelming: • How and where do you find the right standard • Alphabet soup • Applications developed support broad range of public health activities

  4. NACCHO Role • Education / Disseminating Information • Research / Gathering information • Facilitates partnerships / Promotes collaboration • Presents and Advocates for needs of Local public health in national forums

  5. NACCHO Activities Related to Data Standards: 2003 Disseminating Information • Presentation on Importance of Data Standards, ASTHO/NACCHO Joint Conference • Resolution #01-06 “Resolution on Electronic Data Interchange Technology (revised 9/9/2003) • NACCHO Exchange Special Information Technology Supplement 2004 • Scholarships for local health departments to attend the PHIN conference

  6. NACCHO Activities Related to Data Standards: 2003 Gathering Information • Partnership with Public Health Informatics Institute to Survey 23 local health departments regarding public health information systems • Departments surveyed were medium to large LPHAs serving populations over 100,000

  7. NACCHO Activities Related to Data Standards: 2003 Promoting Collaboration • NACCHO Information Technology Committee members actively participate in national initiatives to represent local needs • PHDSC, CDC Information Council, PHIN User Groups • Drafting Joint Principles for State-Local Collaboration on Information Technology Systems

  8. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health? • Improved education and informational tools • Continued enhancement of the PHDSC website • More user guides / road maps / case studies • Connecting people who are implementing or using data standards

  9. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health? Local Health Departments Are: • Actively Investing in System Integration • Facing Challenges related to Data Standards • 89% reported that system integration efforts are currently underway or highly likely in the next six to eighteen months • 62.5% (10 out of 17) reported having major problems with integration efforts related to data standards

  10. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health?

  11. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health? • Expand the view of public health data standards to be inclusive of all population-based health

  12. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health?

  13. What Can PHDSC do for Local Public Health? • Monitor and analyze emerging efforts and assist local public health to identify the public health perspectives that need a voice

  14. PHDSC and NACCHO can help connect Public Health Data Standards and the End User This is where the rubber meets the road

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