CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
Health Informatics Information Technology
Healthography: How Where you Live Affects Your Health and Well-being
Submission Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2014
Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) is an innovation-driven Section in the American Public Health Association (APHA). Our mission is to improve the public’s health and facilitate prevention through innovative and effective information technology and informatics applications.
HIIT invites abstracts (300 words maximum) related to the following topics:
Advancing Public Health: Innovations Solutions in Health Care Informatics
Affordable Health Care Law Interoperable Innovations
Bioethical Issues in Public Health Informatics
Consumer Empowerment through the Use of Health IT
Digital Health Service Delivery
Driving Better Health Outcomes Through Patient Engagement & Connectivity
E-Prescribing Systems
EHRs and PHRs: Opportunities for Improving Patient Safety Among Vulnerable Populations
Emerging Trends in Health Technology Connectivity Among Providers and Baby Boomers
Enhancing Care Coordination Through HIEs
Family Violence & Mobile Technology: Practical Solutions for Emergency Service Providers
GIS Mapping, Global Health Surveillance and Public Policy
Global Health Informatics; Building Capacity for Disease Surveillance
Global Partnerships in Genomics and Technology in Health Care
HIIT Applications in Health Education, Literacy and Wellness Promotion
Health IT Applications and Disease Registries
Health Informatics and Information Technology: Facilitating Data Sharing between Public Health and Clinical Care Systems
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and State Level Innovations in Health Service Delivery
Improving County Health Through HIIT Enabled Community Health Assessments
Innovative Technology Applications for Civilian and Military Populations with Disabilities
Patient Centered Care: A Role for Information Technology
Personalized Medicine: Emerging Issues in Bioethics and Health IT
Promoting Access to Care through HIT and Health Care Finance
Public Health Data Analytics in Research and Practice
The Intersection of HIIT and Health Policy in the Reduction of Health Disparities
The Role of Data Storage, Management and Security in Emergency Preparedness
The Role of HIIT in Comparative Effectiveness Research- Innovative Models and Methods
The Role of HIIT in Patient Navigation
Twenty-First Century Advances in Telemedicine/Telehealth
Use of Evidence-Based Guidelines in Mobile App Design
Using Dashboards to Improve Consumer and Population Health
Using Geo-informatics to Improve Community Health
Using Telehealth To Improve Population Health In Rural Communities
Please note that the deadline for submission of all abstracts to HIIT is Friday, February 14, 2014.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the APHA website. Structured abstracts are required for research presentations. All research abstracts should be organized with five sections: (1) background; (2) objective/purpose; (3) methods; (4) results; and (5) discussion/conclusions. Do not include references or citations in the text of the abstract. All abstracts must be submitted with at least three learning objectives in the proper APHA format (i.e., “By the end of the session, the participant will be able to….”). Please check the abstract title (only capitalize the first letter and proper nouns per APHA guidelines) and text for spelling and grammatical errors. Do not include your name or contact information in the text portion as this prohibits blind peer review. Failure to adhere to the guidelines may result in your abstract being rejected. If you are unable to identify a specific session for your abstract, please submit it under “Other.” Lastly, all abstracts should contain sufficient details to fully evaluate the scientific value of the work rather than alluding to what “will be” included in the presentation. Abstracts that do not adhere to these requirements will not be reviewed. Any abstract that request internet capabilities will be decided by the Program Planner due to space limitations in the HIIT Center. Please contact the program planner if you have any questions.
Abstracts will be peer reviewed based on the following criteria: • Relevance of topics to HIIT as well as to APHA. • Clearly written and conveys essence of research. • Innovative and state-of-the-art information. • Addresses underserved populations. • Advances the field of health informatics and information technology. • Overall impression of abstract description.
Following are instructions for submitting a proposal for an entire session: (1) Submit each abstract separately (up to four abstracts per session) to the same topic area. If a session proposal includes abstracts submitted to multiple topic areas, the session proposal will be considered incomplete.
(2) Contact the program planner (Dr. Diane L. Adams at dla8315@aol.com or 301-570-0387) with: (a) a brief overview of the session (including relevance to health informatics information technology); (b) at least three proposed learning objectives in APHA format for the entire session (all individuals abstracts that are part of the proposed session must have individual learning objectives); and (c) the title, first author, and abstract number of all abstracts to be included in the session.
Session proposals may also include suggestions for moderators (name and contact information). Session proposals that do not adhere to these requirements will not be considered. Please contact the program planner if you have any questions.
Only listed authors who are both APHA members and registered for the Annual Meeting may present accepted work. Only one author may present each abstract; multiple presenters for one abstract will not be accepted. Neither APHA nor HIIT can provide any financial support (including, but not limited to, registration, airfare, lodging, etc.) for author attendance at the Annual Meeting.
Moderator(s)
If your abstract is accepted, you may be asked to serve as a moderator of a panel or roundtable oral session.
Continuing Education Credits APHA values the ability to provide continuing education credit to physicians, nurses and health educators at its annual meeting. For a session to be eligible for Continuing Education Credit, each presenter must provide:
1) An abstract free of trade and/or commercial product names. 2) At least one MEASURABLE objective (to understand or to learn are not measurable objectives). 3) A signed Conflict of Interest form with a relevant qualification statement.
Contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions about continuing education.
If your abstract is accepted by the HIIT Program, then you will be required to become an APHA Member. As part of your membership, you can select HIIT as your primary affiliation at no additional cost. We use our membership dollars to support students with scholarships so that may attend the Annual Meetings. Please contact Dr. Diane L. Adams at dla8315@aol.com or 301-570-0387 for further information. Submitting an abstract to Health Informatics Information Technology Section implies that you understand the terms of this Call for Abstracts.
Ready?
Program Planner Contact Information:
Diane L Adams, MD, MPH, CHS-III Founder, Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Group of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Former Consultant, Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) dla8315@aol.com
and
Chinua Lambie, MHA, HIT UW Medicine IT Services 325 9th AVE NJB 1031 Box 359968 Seattle, WA 20008 Phone: 206-228-5574 addaelambie@gmail.com
