All Blogs, Director's Blog - September 4, 2013 Moving into Evidence-Based Practice Shawn Eastridge Two public health programs recently combined into a new single operational center funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read More >
All Blogs, Director's Blog - September 2, 2013 Getting Back to Our Roots: The Rise of Local Health Depts in the US Shawn Eastridge In 1911, a typhoid epidemic sparked a series of events that led to the beginnings of the modern local public health system. Read More >
All Blogs, Director's Blog - August 13, 2013 The Informatics Academy: An Integrated Professional Education Approach Shawn Eastridge Last week, an online course from the Informatics Academy introduced 60 public health professionals to the IT Lifecycle. Read More >
All Blogs, Director's Blog - July 22, 2013 NYC Macroscope: Using EHRs to Monitor Population Health Shawn Eastridge New York City is developing a population health surveillance system that uses EHRs to track chronic conditions managed by primary care practices. Read More >
All Blogs, Director's Blog - June 6, 2013 New Health IT Framework Available for ACOs Shawn Eastridge The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has developed an HIT Framework to help accountable care organizations (ACOs) and healthcare providers navigate the future of technology and accountable care. Read More >
All Blogs, Director's Blog - May 22, 2013 New ASPE Report on IT Infrastructure in State and Local Health Departments Shawn Eastridge A new report looks closely at how the recent passage of the HITECH Act and the ACA are affecting trends in public health informatics. Read More >