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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Public Health Informatics
4133.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Public Health Informatics
The purpose of this session is to disseminate and discuss evidence based research on public health informatics and how corresponding tools, processes, and practices promote health and/or prevent disease, injury, or disability and protect people from health threats including infectious, environmental, and terrorist threats. Public Health Informatics is an interdisciplinary field of research and practice including, but not limited to: • Electronic health record support of public health functions; • Use of health care, population and other public health data in supporting public health systems and analyses; • Basic capabilities that support public health practice such as statistical and health surveillance; • Public health decision support. Empirical research in public health informatics will lead to major scientific advances in knowledge, implementation and new applications to promote effective public health practice.
Learning Objectives: The objective of this session is to encourage discussion of innovative research and programs linking recent advances in evidence-based public health intervention, informatics, systems development, information processes, and computational science to develop informatics capabilities and improve the public's health. After attending this session, participants will: • Be able to define Public Health Informatics and understand its importance in advancing public health research and practice. • Become fully aware of the major public health informatics activity in the US and Internationally. • Be able to identify standard health informatics and information technology tools (HIIT) used in the practice of public health informatics. • Understand the linkages among government, local and/or state public health departments, and developing Regional Health Information Organizations within a public health information network. • Become aware of the multidisciplinary research that will lead to major scientific advances in knowledge, implementation and new applications in public health informatics to promote effective public health practice.
Moderator(s):Jayfus Doswell, PhD
12:30 PMGIS Application to assess nursing home quality in Georgia
Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH, Genny Carrillo, MD, ScD, Yoon-Ho Seol, PhD
12:50 PMQuality monitoring with hand-held computers
Colleen A. Hirschkorn, RN, MPA
1:10 PMBuilding it from within: A local public health department’s model for mass clinic patient and asset tracking  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alma M. Moore, Christa-Marie Singleton, MD MPH, Peter L. Beilenson, MD, MPH
1:30 PMVideoconference technology applied to medical interpretation: Initial findings and implications  [ Recorded presentation ]
Bruce N. Occena, MPH, MBA, Janice Chin, MPH, Gloria Garcia-Orme, RN, MA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Statistics
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA