The purpose of this session is to describe the experiences of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded public health projects focused on the use of Internet technology. The internet has the potential to enable public health organizations to share information and data. Realizing this potential requires that a number of human, policy, and technical barriers be addressed. The session will focus on the experiences of Robert Wood Johnson grantees who are using the Internet to create immunization registries and other grantees who are developing strategies to address privacy and security of medical information in an internet environment. The presentation will discuss:
(1) Best practices for the collection and maintenance of community-wide immunization registries. (2) Strategies for obtaining the cooperation of providers and managed care organizations. (3) Applications of innovative technologies. (4) Model policy and privacy practices
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation participants will be able to: 1. Identify successful strategies for establishing community-wide internet based immunization registries. 2. Define the key components of privacy policies for the use of the internet for sharing medical information 3. Specify organizational practices and technologies that can be implemented to protect privacy of medical information transmitted on the internet
Keywords: Privacy, Information System Integration
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and its grantees
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.