Informatics enables public health surveillance

McNabb, Scott J. N.; Ryland, Paige; Sylvester, Joy; Shaikh, Affan

doi:10.4103/jhs.jhs_28_17

Cited by 8 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…There is an opportunity to include restaurant inspection data to the foodborne illness surveillance that adds the missing piece of the puzzle (Figure 1). There is a need to examine the role of informatics across the spectrum -information and communication technologies can support public health surveillance in a multitude of ways ranging from prevention, detection, and response, laboratory reporting, push notification, analytics and predictive surveillance [37]. The overwhelming COVID-19 news coverage highlights the need for public health officials to have reliable tools built on an interoperable information infrastructure.…”

Section: Advancing the Food Safety System I Support Robust Public Health Data Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

A Public Health Informatics Solution to Improving Food Safety in Restaurants: Putting the Missing Piece in the Puzzle

Firestone

Rajamani

Hedberg

2021

OJPHI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Foodborne illnesses remain an important public health challenge in the United States causing an estimated 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths per year. Restaurants are frequent settings for foodborne illness transmission. Public health surveillance – the continual, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of reports of health data to prevent and control illness – is a prerequisite for an effective food control system. While restaurant inspection data are routinely collected, these data are not regularly aggregated like traditional surveillance data. However, there is evidence that these data are a valuable tool for understanding foodborne illness outbreaks and threats to food safety. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities for incorporating routine restaurant inspection data as a surveillance tool for monitoring and improving foodborne illness prevention activities. The three main challenges are: 1) the need for a national framework; 2) lack of data standards and interoperability; and 3) limited access to restaurant inspection data. Tapping into the power of public health informatics represents an opportunity to address these challenges. Overall, improving restaurant inspection information systems and making restaurant inspection data available to support decision-making represents an opportunity to practice smarter food safety.

show abstract

Section: Advancing the Food Safety System I Support Robust Public Health Data Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

A Public Health Informatics Solution to Improving Food Safety in Restaurants: Putting the Missing Piece in the Puzzle

Firestone

Rajamani

Hedberg

2021

OJPHI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The objective of PHI training is to educate PHInf with public health and PHI knowledge and skills that enable them to design and implement effective PHInfSys and have a successful PHI career. The design assumes that PHInf require competencies in (a) public health core competencies ( 26 ), functions, and systems [e.g., disease and environmental surveillance ( 19 ), population health management ( 21 ), and community health assessment ( 21 , 27 , 28 )], (b) design thinking and systems analysis ( 29 – 31 ), (c) computer, information, organizational, and systems sciences ( 23 , 32 ), (d) evaluating information systems effectiveness ( 33 ), and (e) teamwork and project management.…”

Section: Phi Program Design Objectives and Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For declarative and procedural learning, experiential practicums assure the ability to apply declarative knowledge. Elective credits support students in developing deeper skills in areas they are interested in, such as data management, analytics/data mining, GIS, visualization/communication, health information exchange ( 39 ), leading community health information exchange, or surveillance systems ( 19 ).…”

Section: Phi Program Design Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Business processes describe how data, information, and knowledge are used by creating a framework that relates work activities to domains of public health function” ( 16 ). PHI is a foundation for modernizing public health value chains, including public health department business processes ( 17 ), public health surveillance ( 18 , 19 ), public health emergency response, population health science ( 20 ), population health management ( 21 ), learning health systems ( 22 ), and public health research. PHI is an essential specialization that bridges the digital gap public health agencies face given growing expectations of service and preparedness.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Developing Workforce Capacity in Public Health Informatics: Core Competencies and Curriculum Design

Wholey

LaVenture

Rajamani

et al. 2018

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We describe a master’s level public health informatics (PHI) curriculum to support workforce development. Public health decision-making requires intensive information management to organize responses to health threats and develop effective health education and promotion. PHI competencies prepare the public health workforce to design and implement these information systems. The objective for a Master’s and Certificate in PHI is to prepare public health informaticians with the competencies to work collaboratively with colleagues in public health and other health professions to design and develop information systems that support population health improvement. The PHI competencies are drawn from computer, information, and organizational sciences. A curriculum is proposed to deliver the competencies and result of a pilot PHI program is presented. Since the public health workforce needs to use information technology effectively to improve population health, it is essential for public health academic institutions to develop and implement PHI workforce training programs.

show abstract

“…Real-time information about disease trends increases the capability of public health organizations to detect emerging outbreaks at an early stage and implement appropriate control measures before the disease becomes widespread [19]. Capabilities that can integrate and monitor emerging patterns of disease would be transformative to public health surveillance practice [20].…”

Section: Disease Surveillancementioning

confidence: 99%