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Doug Drabkowski Director of Strategic Initiatives and Research The Association of Public Health Laboratories. 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 550 Washington, DC 20036 www.aphl.org. APHL’s Vision and Mission. A Healthier World Through Quality Laboratory Practice.
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Doug DrabkowskiDirector of Strategic Initiatives and ResearchThe Association of Public Health Laboratories 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 550 Washington, DC 20036 www.aphl.org
APHL’s Vision and Mission A Healthier World Through Quality Laboratory Practice The mission of APHL is to promote the role of public health laboratories in support of national and global objectives, and to promote policies and programs which assure continuous improvement in the quality of laboratory practice
Core Functions of Public Health Laboratories • Disease Prevention, Control and Surveillance • Integrated Data Management • Reference and Specialized Testing • Environmental Health and Protection • Food Safety • Lab Improvement, Regulation and Policy Development • Emergency Response • Public Health Related Research • Training and Education • Partnerships and Communication
Integrated Data Management • Serve as focal point for the accumulation, blending and dissemination of scientific information in support of public health programs • Provide for a statewide disease reporting network • Linkage to national database systems • Public health analysis and policy decisions • Standardization of laboratory data formats • Serve as epidemiology resource
Vision Statement “LIMS Meeting 2002” “ A national electronic laboratory data and information exchange network of member PHLs working together to ensure comparability, compatibility and interoperability of Laboratory Information Management (LIM) systems. A state LIM system would be integrated within the state laboratory, would include all public health testing and would interface with local health department, hospitals, and private laboratories as well.”
LIMS 2003 Survey Facts • 43 States/Territories responded (81%) • States/Territories may have multiple LIMS running in one PH laboratory (74% of labs are employing more than 1 system) • Respondents have had their LIMS in place for an average of 7.63 years
States actively seeking to replace their LIMS between Oct. 2003 & June 2004
Methods of Data Exchange used by PHLs 2003 * Original data broken out into above categories
Participation with PHDSC • Develop electronic messaging capabilities for LIMS • Address diverse PHL programs needs including bioterrorism, genetic diseases, environmental quality, radiation monitoring, food safety, newborn screening and chronic diseases. • Update and maintain coding standards specific to laboratory nomenclature