LI Course
CE Hours: 6 contact hours

Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview: Informatics is an important component in the practice of public health, but is relatively unfamiliar to most public health practitioners. Information and information technology often outpace the public health practitioners' ability to stay current with developments at all levels of public health. The purpose of this Institute is to provide the learner with definitions of informatics concepts and principles; knowledge regarding key issues - including standards and information security, privacy and confidentiality and change management; and an opportunity to apply unified process principles to better understand information systems development.

Session Objectives: Describe the role of informatics in public health practice Apply one described informatics approach to a common public health problem Assess use cases as a tool for informatics projects requirements gathering

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing