Public Health Informatics and Information Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Context for Public Health Informatics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction to Public Health Informatics

      • J. A. Magnuson, Patrick W. O’Carroll

      Pages 3-18

   3. History and Significance of Information Systems and Public Health

      • John R. Lumpkin, J. A. Magnuson

      Pages 19-36

   4. Context and Value of Biomedical and Health Informatics

      • William R. Hersh

      Pages 37-46

   5. Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics

      • Margo Edmunds

      Pages 47-66

3. The Science of Public Health Informatics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Public Health Informatics Infrastructure

      • Brian E. Dixon, Shaun J. Grannis

      Pages 69-88

   3. Information Architecture

      • Dina Dickerson, Patricia Yao

      Pages 89-105

   4. Data Sources and Data Tools

      • Edward Mensah, Johanna L. Goderre

      Pages 107-131

   5. Public Health Information Standards

      • J. A. Magnuson, Riki Merrick, James T. Case

      Pages 133-153

   6. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Public Health Information

      • William A. Yasnoff

      Pages 155-172

   7. Electronic Health Records

      • Stephen P. Julien

      Pages 173-189

   8. Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health: Duties and Challenges in Computational Epidemiology

      • Kenneth W. Goodman, Eric M. Meslin

      Pages 191-209

   9. Project Management and Public Health Informatics

      • James Aspevig

      Pages 211-231

   10. Evaluation for Public Health Informatics

       • Paul C. Fu Jr., Herman Tolentino, Laura H. Franzke

       Pages 233-254

4. Key Public Health Information Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255

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   2. Informatics in Disease Prevention and Epidemiology

      • Richard S. Hopkins, J. A. Magnuson

      Pages 257-275

   3. Informatics in Toxicology and Environmental Public Health

      • Edwin M. Kilbourne

      Pages 277-293

   4. Public Health Laboratories

      • Riki Merrick, Steven H. Hinrichs, Michelle Meigs

      Pages 295-308

This revised edition covers all aspects of public health informatics and discusses the creation and management of an information technology infrastructure that is essential in linking state and local organizations in their efforts to gather data for the surveillance and prevention. Public health officials will have to understand basic principles of information resource management in order to make the appropriate technology choices that will guide the future of their organizations. Public health continues to be at the forefront of modern medicine, given the importance of implementing a population-based health approach and to addressing chronic health conditions. This book provides informatics principles and examples of practice in a public health context. In doing so, it clarifies the ways in which newer information technologies will improve individual and community health status. This book's primary purpose is to consolidate key information and promote a strategic approach to information systems and development, making it a resource for use by faculty and students of public health, as well as the practicing public health professional. Chapter highlights include: The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics; Assessing the Value of Information Systems; Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health; and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security. Review questions are featured at the end of every chapter. Aside from its use for public health professionals, the book will be used by schools of public health, clinical and public health nurses and students, schools of social work, allied health, and environmental sciences.

• Health Informatics

• Department of Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

  J.A. Magnuson

• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA

  Paul C. Fu, Jr.

J.A. Magnuson is an informaticist with exceptional public health, teaching, research, and management skills. Diverse experience including academia (professor), state public health (health informatics architect), and private industry (Director of Research & Development).

Dr. Paul C. Fu, Jr. is Director, Clinical Informatics, and Director, Pediatric General Pediatrics Inpatient Service at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was previously Chief Medical Information Officer at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, one of the largest public health service delivery systems in the country. Dr. Fu also leads the Center for Biomedical and Public Health Informatics at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute.

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