Public Health Informatics and Information Systems / Edition 2

by J.A. Magnuson, Paul C. Fu, Jr.

Overview

This totally revised edition of a classic textbook covers the context and background of public health informatics, explores the technology and science underlying the field, discusses new challenges and emerging solutions, reviews many key public health information systems, and includes practical, case-based studies to guide the reader through the topic. The editors have expanded the text into new areas that have become hugely important since the original edition due to changing technologies and needs in the field, as well as updating and augmenting many of the original core tenets. It contains learning objectives, overviews, and review questions to assist readers to engage with this vast topic. The Editors and their team of well-known contributors have built upon the foundation established by the first edition and provided the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the subject of public health informatics. The breadth of material in Public Health Informatics and Information Systems, 2nd edition makes it suitable for both undergraduate and graduate coursework in public health informatics, enabling instructors to select chapters that best fit their students' needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447142362
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	11/29/2013
Series:	Health Informatics
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2014
Pages:	666
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Public Health Informatics: an Introduction.- History of Public Health Information Systems and Informatics.- Public Health Informatics in the Larger Context of Biomedical and Health Informatics.- Governmental and Legislative Context for Informatics.- Role of Informatics in Bridging Public and Population Health.- Information Infrastructure to Support Public Health.- Data Sources and Data Tools: Preparing for the Open Data Ecosystem.- Public Health Information Standards.- Privacy and Confidentiality of Public Health Information.- Health Systems Security.- Electronic Health Records: Origination, Adoption, and Progression.- Public Health Analytics and Big Data.- Project Management and Public Health Informatics.- Informatics in Disease Prevention and Epidemiology.- Public Health Laboratories.- The US National Vital Statistics System.- Syndromic Surveillance – a Practical Application of Informatics.- New Means of Data Collection and Accessibility.- Interoperability and Health Information Exchange for Public Health.- Geographic Information Systems.- Public Health Decision Support Systems.- Local and Regional Public Health Informatics.- Public Health Informatics and the American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Improving Community Health Despite Challenges.- Advancing Informatics Policy and Practice: A State Perspective.- National Public Health Informatics, United States.- Perspectives on Global Public Health Informatics.- Improving immunization through informatics: Perspectives from the BID Initiative Partnership with Tanzania and Zambia.- Public Health Informatics: the Path Forward.