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- April 18, 2013

Meaningful Use and Public Health

The Stage 2 Meaningful Use Public Health Reporting Requirements Task Force has published guidance for public health agencies (PHAs) preparing for Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU2).

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- March 3, 2013

The Long Road to Interoperability

As the provisions of the HITECH act become the law of the medical reimbursement landscape, the provisions of meaningful use are gaining wider public attention.

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- February 4, 2013

The Implications of Google Flu Trends for Public Health

Applications like Google Flu Trends can and will use data to speak to citizen’s health concerns.

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- January 23, 2013

Social Media and the Future of Public Health

Researchers all over the world are beginning to explore when and how people respond to the use of social media for communications regarding various types of public health issues.

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- January 1, 2013

2012 Word of the Year: Big Data

Geoffrey Nunberg, a noted linguist and professor at UC Berkeley's School of Information, recently offered his thoughts on the word of the year.

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- October 26, 2012

LawAtlas: Tracking the Laws of Public Health

Public health informatics is about information informing action, and nowhere is that linkage more clear than in the way the law is used as a public health intervention.

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