Public health informatics

Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 503-516

  LaVenture, Martin ^a   Ross, David A ^b   Yasnoff, William A ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Public Health Informatics Institute   (United States)

^c NHII Advisors   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS;

PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 85017340505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

References (14)

1. American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA). Best practice guidelines for IIS; available at http://www.immregistries.org/resources/aira-mirow (Accessed 15 Dec 2012). A practical set of consensusbased practices for implementation and operation of IIS.
2. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). (2002). Immunization Registry Progress - United States. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51(34): 760-762.
3. Friede, A., Blum, H. L., & McDonald, M. (1995). Public health informatics: how information-age technology can strengthen public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 16, 239-252. The seminal article on public health informatics.
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7. IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2011. Engineering a learning healthcare system: A look at the future: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. A report on the future opportunities and a vision for the health system.
8. IOM Institute of Medicine (2000). Calling the Shots - Immunization Finance Policies and Practices. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
9. Koo, D., O'Carroll, P. W., & LaVenture, M. (2001). Public health 101 for informaticians. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 8 (6), 585-597. An accessible document that introduces public health thinking.
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11. O'Carroll, P. W., Yasnoff, W. A., Ward, M. E., Ripp, L. H., & Martin, E. L. (Eds.). (2003). Public health informatics and information systems. New York: Springer. A comprehensive textbook.
12. Overhage, M., Grannis, S., & McDonald, C. J. (2008). A comparison of the completeness and timeliness of automated electronic laboratory reporting and spontaneous reporting of notifiable conditions. American Journal of Public Health, 98 (2), 344-350. This study documents the improved quality and timeliness of electronic lab reporting of diseases to public health.
13. US Department of Health and Human Services. (2010). Healthy people 2020. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. Available at http://healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/objectiveslist.aspx?topicid=23. (Accessed 29 Nov 2012). The essential guide to the national public health goals.
14. Yasnoff, W. A., O'Carroll, P. W., Koo, D., Linkins, R. W., & Kilbourne, E. M. (2000). Public health informatics: Improving and transforming public health in the information age. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 6 (6), 67-75. A concise yet comprehensive introduction to the field.