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Session: Information, Technology Adoption and Public Health Practice
5113.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Information, Technology Adoption and Public Health Practice
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe key ways in which new health information technologies are being applied in public health settings; (2) evaluate the implementation and impact of new health information technologies in public health settings; and (3) identify unresolved issues and remaining questions concerning the use of new technology in public health practice.
Moderator(s):Tricia Todd, MPH
12:30 PMRole of Information in public health: How health care organizations can tailor it based on consumers' information seeking pattern  [ Recorded presentation ]
Priya Nambisan, PhD, Robert Hawkins, PhD
12:45 PMLeveraging GIS technologies in public health departments: Best practices  [ Recorded presentation ]
Bill Alfred, MS, GISP, Yvonne Claudio, MS, Chris Chalmers, MS, Kevin Gibbs, MUP&P
1:00 PMImproving information exchange between public health managers and informatics: The use of visual models  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mark T. Ciampa, MS, PMP, Robert C. Porch, BS
1:15 PMRegional health information organizations: Building on collaboration  [ Recorded presentation ]
Katherine L. Cauley, PhD, Mary M. Crimmins, MA, CPEHR, CPHIT, John Pascoe, MD, MPH
1:30 PMRHIO Models and Public Health: How Do You Determine the Best Approach?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Noam Arzt, PhD, Michael Berry, BSE
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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