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All Blogs, Director's Blog - August 24, 2015 Go west, young man:…
Go west, young man: lessons on health IT from Minnesota and Dr. DeSalvo
The ONC's new strategic plan is achievable—as one U.S. state demonstrates.
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All Blogs, Perspectives on Public Health - July 29, 2015 Public health…
Public health informatics defined
It may not be a big surprise that the top reason for visits to our website come from one simple question: What is public health informatics?
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All Blogs, Inside the Institute - July 20, 2015 The Informatics Academy:…
The Informatics Academy: People, process and technology, part III
Of people, process, and technology, the technology component of informatics receives a significant amount of attention.
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All Blogs, Inside the Institute - July 14, 2015 The Informatics Academy:…
The Informatics Academy: People, process and technology, part II
At PHII’s Informatics Academy, we produce solutions that are realistic, practical and tailored to the training need.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - April 27, 2015 AIRA, immunization and public…
AIRA, immunization and public health’s “moon mission”
Last week, I had the honor of keynoting the 2015 meeting for the American Immunization Registry Association.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - April 16, 2015 Data for Health: recommendations…
Data for Health: recommendations for what works Dave Ross
In the field of public health informatics, we talk and think at length about how data and health intersect, but on the Data for Health tour, we moved beyond the theoretical.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - April 7, 2015 Lessons learned from the…
Lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak, Part II
The recent Ebola outbreak has taught us a few lessons about the importance of public health preparedness and response and the urgency in which it’s needed.
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All Blogs, Perspectives on Public Health - April 7, 2015 Infographic: a…
Infographic: a snapshot of the social determinants of health
This infographic shows social determinants in action in PHII's home state of Georgia.
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All Blogs, Perspectives on Public Health - March 31, 2015 The road…
The road to becoming an informatics-savvy health department
State and local health departments around the country are challenged to increase their information capabilities in a digital era.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - February 25, 2015 Social determinants of health:…
Social determinants of health: the IOM’s vision for the future of care
Public health has long recognized the correlation between health and certain social and behavioral variables that range from ZIP code to income bracket.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - January 23, 2015 Defining health beyond the…
Defining health beyond the clinic
It’s easy to mobilize our society when infectious diseases are involved, but outside of infectious disease control, defining who’s responsible for the health of a society becomes complex and controversial.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - November 16, 2014 Data for Health: building…
Data for Health: building a culture of health through information
This fall, I’m co-chairing Data for Health, an initiative by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seeks to explore how information and data on health can be harnessed to help people lead healthier lives.
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All Blogs, Perspectives on Public Health - November 14, 2014 Disruptive innovation…
Disruptive innovation in public health
“Disruptive innovation” is a term born in academia and bred in Silicon Valley, but does it have a place in the world of public health?
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - September 26, 2014 Lessons learned from the…
Lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak
If Americans want to know why Ebola quickly got out of control, they should look no further than the neglected public health system.
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All Blogs, Case Studies - September 3, 2014 The Healthy Weight Initiative:…
The Healthy Weight Initiative: interoperability as a path to obesity prevention
Last year, the CDC reacted to the growing obesity epidemic by inviting PHII to join them in developing a new surveillance initiative to monitor healthy weight.
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All Blogs, Inside the Institute - September 2, 2014 So what is…
So what is a functional requirement anyway?
When PHII’s Requirements Lab begins a new project, one of our first steps following the documentation of business processes is often to begin developing functional requirements with project partners and stakeholders.
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All Blogs, Inside the Institute - August 18, 2014 PHII welcomes Godfrey…
PHII welcomes Godfrey Nyombi of the Young African Leadership Initiative
This month, the Public Health Informatics Institute welcomes Godfrey Nyombi to a seven-week internship with PHII.
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All Blogs, Director's Blog - August 14, 2014 Dave Fleming departs leadership…
Dave Fleming departs leadership role in Washington State
Dave Fleming, public health icon and innovator, stepped down this week from his long-held position as the Director of Public Health for Seattle and King County.
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