You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 74 results
January 9, 2013 | Program Result Report
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 director of public health informatics and chief epidemiologist in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Lawrence Hanrahan helped integrate chronic disease information systems and improve chronic disease surveillance.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As executive director of Kane County (Illinois) Health Department, Paul Kuehnert worked with the Office of Emergency Management and Animal Control authority to redesign communications related to heat emergencies and more.
February 24, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
October 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Children's Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts) worked with public health partners to improve data sharing and communication between state and local health departments by analyzing and redesigning a web-based bioterrorism preparedness system.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.
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 | Story
Spokane Regional Health District (Washington) worked with community partners to identify business-process requirements for an interconnected alert system for the state. It also built business-process analysis into agency-wide quality improvement.
National Program
To support collaborative processes among state and local public health departments to advance the use of information systems to support preparedness and manage chronic disease.