A National Agenda for Public Health Informatics: Summarized Recommendations from the 2001 AMIA Spring Congress

Yasnoff, William A.; Overhage, J. Marc; Humphreys, Betsy L.; LaVenture, Martin

doi:10.1136/jamia.2001.0080535

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“…Only the ones that primarily examined ICT in public health were included, and the purpose of the deliberation between the reviewers was to decide whether this was indeed the case. PHI was distinguished from other specialties of informatics, particularly bio-medical informatics, by its focus on wide range of preventive interventions within populations and government-based operative context [1]. Following the meeting, the full-text of each included article was studied to ensure their eligibility for the present study.…”

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“…Public Health Informatics (PHI) is a discipline of health informatics that integrates information and communications technology (ICT) and public health (PH) [1]. The field of informatics pursues collection, storage, retrieval, and analysis of data [2]; this type of manipulation of data enables informaticians to derive meaningful information regarding certain aspects of the data sources, such as trends and predictive models [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In other words, PHI could be considered as a potential tool to facilitate public health goals, such as effective health monitoring and surveillance, enhanced decisionmaking, and improved population health. (2 & 5) Although the term PHI was first used in literature in 1995 [2], research studies focusing on PHI proliferated in early 2000s; this may be attributed to several events in the 21st century, such as anthrax bio-terrorism in 2001 [1], alongside the rapid advent and innovation of modern ICTs [1]. This increase in the number and effectiveness of PHI studies resulted in the creation of MeSH term "public health informatics" in 2003 [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Applications of information and communications technologies to public health: A scoping review using the MeSH term “public health informatics”

Bhattarai

Zarrin

Lee

2017

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Objective: To investigate the public health domains, key informatics concepts, and information and communications technologies (ICTs) applied in articles that are tagged with the MeSH term "public health informatics" and primarily focus on applying ICTs to public health.Materials and Methods: The MeSH term "public health informatics" was searched on MEDLINE-PubMed. The results of the search were then screened in two steps in order to only include articles about applying ICTs to public health problems. First, articles were screened based on their titles and abstracts. Second, a full-text review was conducted to ensure the relevance of the included articles. All articles were charted based on public health domain, information technology, article type, and informatics concept.Results: 515 articles were included. Communicable disease monitoring (N=235), public health policy and research (N=201), and public health awareness (N=85) constituted the majority of the articles. Inconsistent results were found regarding the validity of syndromic surveillance and the effectiveness of PHI integration within the healthcare systems.Discussion: PHI articles with an ICT focus cover a wide range of themes. Collectively, the included articles emphasized the need for further research in interoperability, data quality, appropriate data sources, accessible health information, and communication. The limitations of the study include:1) only one database was searched; 2) by using MeSH tags as a selection criterion, PHI articles without the "public health informatics" MeSH term were excluded.Conclusion: Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of PHI, MeSH identifiers were not assigned consistently. Current MeSH-tagged articles indicate that a comprehensive approach is required to integrate PHI into the healthcare system.

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Applications of information and communications technologies to public health: A scoping review using the MeSH term “public health informatics”

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“…In 2011 at its Spring Congress meeting, AMIA updated its 2001 agenda to further advance the field of public health informatics [6,7]. Participants at the meeting self-selected into one of five tracks: (1) technical framework; (2) research and evaluation; (3) ethics; (4) education, professional training, and workforce development; and (5) sustainability.…”

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Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States

Massoudi¹,

Chester²

2017

Yearb Med Inform

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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public and population health and epidemiology informatics over the past 18 months. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public and population health informatics and published in MEDLINE or Web of Science between January 2015 and June 2016 where information technology or informatics was a primary subject or main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were presented using a thematic analysis based on the 2011 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Agenda tracks as a typology. Results: Results are given within the context developed by Dixon et al., (2015) and key themes from the 2011 AMIA Public Health Informatics Agenda. Advances are presented within a socio-technical infrastructure undergirded by a trained, competent public health workforce, systems development to meet the business needs of the practice field, and research that evaluates whether those needs are adequately met. The ability to support and grow the infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The fields of public health and population health informatics continue to grow, with the most notable developments focused on surveillance, workforce development, and linking to or providing clinical services, which encompassed population health informatics advances. Very few advances addressed the need to improve communication, coordination, and consistency with the field of informatics itself, as identified in the AMIA agenda. This will likely result in the persistence of the silos of public health information systems that currently exist. Future research activities need to aim toward a holistic approach of informatics across the enterprise.

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“…One approach would be for the HIE community to follow the example of others by convening panels to support research agenda development and conceptual thinking for secondary data. 29,30 Additionally, HIE researchers and evaluators could make better use of existing metrics. Recently, the ONC commissioned a report on measurement issues, which includes numerous examples of metrics in use by various organizations and evaluators.…”

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Challenges to Conducting Health Information Exchange Research and Evaluation: Reflections and Recommendations for Examining the Value of HIE

Yeager¹,

Vest²,

Walker³

et al. 2017

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Introduction: Health information exchange (HIE) promises cost and utilization reductions. To date, only a small number of HIE studies have demonstrated benefits to patients, providers, public health, or payers. This may be because evaluations of HIE are methodologically challenging. Indeed, the quality of HIE evaluations is often limited and authors frequently note unmet evaluation objectives. We provide a systematic identification of HIE research challenges that can be used to inform strategies for higher quality scientific evidence. Methods:We conducted qualitative interviews with 23 HIE researchers and leaders of HIE efforts representing experiences with more than 20 HIE efforts. We also conducted a six-person focus group to expand on and confirm individual interview findings. Qualitative analysis followed a grounded theory approach using multiple coders.Results: Participants experienced similar challenges across seven themes (i.e., HIE maturity, data quality, data availability, goal alignment, cooperation, methodology, and policy). Conclusion:Several options may exist to improve HIE research, including developing better conceptual models and methodological approaches to HIE research; formal partnerships between researchers and HIE entities; and establishing a nationwide database of HIE information. Our proposed approaches of promoting data availability, resource sharing, and new partnerships can help to overcome existing barriers and facilitate HIE research.

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A National Agenda for Public Health Informatics: Summarized Recommendations from the 2001 AMIA Spring Congress

Cited by 72 publications

References 7 publications

Applications of information and communications technologies to public health: A scoping review using the MeSH term “public health informatics”

Applications of information and communications technologies to public health: A scoping review using the MeSH term “public health informatics”

Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States

Challenges to Conducting Health Information Exchange Research and Evaluation: Reflections and Recommendations for Examining the Value of HIE

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