Table of Content
Contents ForewordSeries PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributors Part I. The Context for Public Health InformaticsChapter 1. Introduction to Public Health Informatics Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPMChapter 2. History and Significance of Information Systems and Public Health John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPHChapter 3. Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information to Deliver Value Marion Ball, EdDChapter 4. The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics John Christiansen, JD Part II. The Science of Public Health InformaticsChapter 5. Information Architecture Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPMChapter 6. Core Competencies in Public Health Informatics Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhDChapter 7. Assessing the Value of Information Systems Pete Kitch, MBAWilliam A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMIChapter 8. Managing IT Personnel and Projects Pete Kitch, MBAWilliam A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMIChapter 9. Public Health Informatics and Organizational Change Nancy M. Lorenzi, PhD Robert T. Riley, PhDChapter 10. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Public Health InformationWilliam A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMIChapter 11. Data Standards in Public Health Informatics Daniel B. Jernigan, MD, MPH Jac Davies, MS, MPH Alan Sim, MSChapter 12. Evaluation for Public Health Informatics Deborah Lewis, EdD, RN, MPHChapter 13. Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health: Duties and Challenges in Computational Epidemiology Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD Part III. Key Public Health Information SystemsChapter 14. The National Vital Statistics System Mary Anne Freedman James A. Weed, PhDChapter 15. Morbidity Data Linda K. Demlo, PhD Jane F. Gentleman, PhDChapter 16. Risk Factor Information Systems Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPMEve Powell-Griner, MA, PhDDeborah Holtzman, PhDG. David Williamson, PhDChapter 17. Informatics of Toxicology and Environmental Public Health Edwin M. Kilbourne, MD, FACP, FACPMChapter 18. Knowledge-Based Information and Systems Neil Rambo, MLSChristine Beahler, MLS Part IV. New Challenges, Emerging SystemsChapter 19. New Means of Data Collection Denise Koo, MD, MPH Meade Morgan, PhD Claire Broome, MDChapter 20. New Means for Increasing Data Accessibility Robb ChapmanChapter 21. Geographic Information Systems Carol L. Hanchette, PhDChapter 22. Immunization Registries: Critical Tools for Sustaining Success Rob Linkins, MPH, PhDChapter 23. Decision Support and Expert Systems in Public Health William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI Perry L. Miller, MD, PhDChapter 24. Promoting the Delivery of Preventive Medicine in Primary Care Larry L. Dickey, MD, MPH John D. Piette, PhD Part V. Case Studies: Applications of Information Systems DevelopmentChapter 25. Policy Issues in Developing Information Systems for Public Health Surveillance of Communicable Diseases Ivan J. Gotham, PhD Perry F. Smith, MD Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH Michael C. DavissonChapter 26. Networking/Connecting People in a Sustainable Way: Information Network for Public Health Officials (INPHO) Ron Seymour Fran Muskopf, BSChapter 27. The Community Health Information Movement: Where It's Been, Where It's Going Richard D. RubinChapter 28. Developing the Missouri Integrated Public Health Information System Garland Land, MPH, Nancy L. Hoffman, RN, MSNRex PetersonChapter 29. Using Information Systems to Build Capacity: A Public Health Improvement Tool Box Jerry A. Schultz, PhD Stephen B. Fawcett, PhD Vincent T. Francisco, PhD Bobbie Berkowitz, PhDChapter 30. Using Data to Meet a Policy Objective: Community Health Assessment Practice with the CATCH Data Warehouse James Studnicki, ScD, MBA, MPH Alan R. Hevner, PhD Donald J. Berndt, PhDChapter 31. International Networking: Addressing the Challenge of Emerging Infections Ann Marie Kimball, MD,
