Digital Bridge Breaks New Ground in 2019, Launches in Two Sites
January 30, 2019
Vivian Singletary on digital contact tracing for COVID-19
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December 8, 2020
With COVID-19 vaccine deployment on the horizon in the United States and already beginning in some countries, some optimistic experts are saying the worst
Dr. Leo Nissola on the Covid Act Now project and lessons from a pandemic
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March 27, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, informaticians and epidemiologists are leaping into action, doing what they can to attempt to shape the limited
Dr. Karen DeSalvo’s reflections on Public Health 3.0 and vision for the future of informatics
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March 9, 2020
Public Health 3.0 describes an innovative model of public health that integrates social determinants of health with health IT and public health informatics. The
How Colorado’s Tri-County Health Department is mapping the opioid crisis
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September 10, 2019
On September 25, the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) will be celebrating Health IT Week with a virtual conference! The
Dr. Umair Shah on the Public Health Informatics Conference and Harris County’s data warehouse
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August 15, 2018
The preeminent event of the public health informatics field, the Public Health Informatics Conference, is coming up next week, from August 20-23. This conference
How the CHAMPS project is using informatics to fight childhood mortality
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April 19, 2018
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network is an ambitious global project that seeks to reduce childhood mortality around the world by
The dynamic informatics career of Dr. Bryant Karras
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January 2, 2018
Dr. Bryant Karras, Chief Public Health Informatics Officer at the Washington State Department of Health, is regarded as one of the nation’s foremost experts
Dave Ross on low-tech informatics and the “box of rocks”
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September 29, 2017
For many people, the term “informatics” is synonymous with “technology.” It invokes buzzwords like “big data” and “the cloud.” But in this special bonus
Therese Hoyle on the informatics behind immunizations
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August 14, 2017
Immunizations are often considered the bedrock of public health work, and immunization information systems (IIS) are the essential, confidential registries that support immunization work.
Tropical Data and the role of informatics in eliminating trachoma
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June 29, 2017
One of the most exciting parts of hosting Inform Me, Informatics is meeting really interesting people and learning about their really interesting work. I
Mark Conde on data quality, informatics degrees and how technology shapes public health practice
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March 21, 2017
At the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII), we often say that public health informatics is where business processes, people and technology meet to support
Whatcom County’s journey toward becoming an informatics-savvy health department
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December 15, 2016
After undergoing the accreditation process in 2014, the Whatcom County Health Department had renewed interest in and commitment to being data-driven. But what did
Minnesota’s e-health initiative and informatics in action at the local level
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November 17, 2016
While I was at the NACCHO Annual Meeting this past July, I saw a presentation about Minnesota’s e-health initiative. Cathy Gagné from the Saint Paul-Ramsey
Last time on the podcast, Mary Beth Kurilo helped us explore immunization information systems (IIS). I’m always interested to learn how people get involved in
Exploring immunization information systems with Mary Beth Kurilo
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March 1, 2016
In a world where information—weather updates, live breaking news, traffic reports—is available with one tap on a smartphone screen, some people may take access