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June 1, 2005 | Program Result
Staff and members of the American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Md., organized and held a conference in May 2003 entitled "Bridging the Digital Divide: Informatics and Vulnerable Populations."
January 9, 2013 | Program Result
From 2005 to 2010 the National Library of Medicine oversaw a Public Health Informatics Fellows Training Program at four of its 18 medical informatics training sites in order to catalyze the development of a public health informatics field.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As Health Commissioner in Mahoning County Ohio, Matt Stefanak first used a Common Ground grant to redesign the environmental health permitting process, and then applied the methodology to other public health challenges.
October 30, 2012 | Program Result
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
February 24, 2009 | Program Result
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development established the Public Health Informatics Institute to strengthen the information systems used in public health practice and to promote collaborative strategies for that effort.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
For almost a decade, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported major efforts in enhancing the field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) as part of their larger efforts toward advancing the science and practice of pub ...
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examines the approaches used by public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) to expand delivery system research and evidence-based practice in public health settings.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article introduces Public Health Law Research as an integral part of Public Health Systems and Services Research; discusses the challenges of integrating the two fields; and highlights two examples of current research that demonstrate the benef ...
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
These researchers propose a standardized case definition, common metrics, and a taxonomy of quality improvement (QI) projects to begin building the evidence base for QI in public health, and to advance the science of continuous quality improvement.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses the current state of public health finance research through a review of public health finance literature, chronicles important lessons learned from public health finance research to date, discusses the challenges faced by thos ...