The Public Health Informatics Institute offers a long history of working with the public health community. Since 1994, we have worked with public health agencies in defining the data needs for information systems. Based on this experience, we understand and appreciate the issues relevant to the design of child health information systems that meet medical care and public health needs. 

Our experience in child health information systems began in 1992, with All Kids Count. For nearly a decade, the Institute was the national technical resource center for national program to develop immunization registries for state and local public health departments.  Today, we support public health departments meet their goal of increased immunization rates among preschool children.  We lead efforts to link data gained from separate child health programs, such as newborn hearing screening, dried blood spot, and other steps toward early detection. We value the benefit of collaborative thinking and decision-making to benefit public health. To this end, the Institute has several initiatives that advance child health information systems.