TY - JOUR
T1 - Issues and opportunities in public health informatics
T2 - a panel discussion
AU - Kukafka, Rita
AU - O'Carroll, Patrick W.
AU - Gerberding, Julie L.
AU - Shortliffe, Edward H.
AU - Aliferis, Constantin
AU - Lumpkin, John R.
AU - Yasnoff, William A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A panel was convened at the American Medical Informatics Association Spring Congress to discuss issues and opportunities that arise when informatics methods, theories, and applications are applied to public health functions. Panelists provided examples of applications that connect efforts between public health and clinical care, emphasizing the need for integration of clinical data with public health data and the analysis of those data to support surveillance and informed decision making. Benefits to be gained by both medical informatics and public health at the interface were evident; both encounterthe same major issues including privacy, systems integration, standards, and many more.
AB - A panel was convened at the American Medical Informatics Association Spring Congress to discuss issues and opportunities that arise when informatics methods, theories, and applications are applied to public health functions. Panelists provided examples of applications that connect efforts between public health and clinical care, emphasizing the need for integration of clinical data with public health data and the analysis of those data to support surveillance and informed decision making. Benefits to be gained by both medical informatics and public health at the interface were evident; both encounterthe same major issues including privacy, systems integration, standards, and many more.
KW - Communications
KW - Computers
KW - Informatics
KW - Information technology
KW - Public health
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U2 - 10.1097/00124784-200107060-00004
DO - 10.1097/00124784-200107060-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 11710167
AN - SCOPUS:0035514006
SN - 1078-4659
VL - 7
SP - 31
EP - 42
JO - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
JF - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
IS - 6
ER -