PUBH-6227-X Week 12: Health Information Infrastructure, Part II
Dear Students
Congratulations!!!!!!! You made it to this final Week (Week 12)!
As you are already aware, the discussion on a US National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) started in earnest in Week 11. This is to serve as a prelude to anywhere/anytime availability and dissemination of health data/information from surveillance, immunization, to monitoring and evaluation to other systems of protecting the health of the public.
Hint for the Week: We all envisage the day when information technology application systems in clinical and public health practices would be successfully harnessed for interoperability. This would be because both local and international data exchange standards exist and are adopted, and it will be where health information that is secured and protected is at the fingertips of those authorized to handle them, regardless of where they are in the world!!! At that time, we are not only enriched by collecting a deluge of data, but are also able to disseminate the data as needed in a secured manner while protecting individual privacy.
Caution! Remember to do an essay type (APA Style) for your Application paper. As usual points will be deducted if you give me Q and A, bullets, numbers or list your points! Of course it must have a cover page with a running head!
You are to apply the knowledge you have acquired for the term to complete both your Application (especially) and Discussion Assignments for the Week. Apply the naming convention for the Application paper. So, before you write please look at the area on Prior Knowledge, under resources (as indicated in the Blackboard Classroom) and the excerpt below.
The rest of the information provided below is from the Blackboard Classroom. Again, please read carefully and respond appropriately to each section.
Finally, Congratulations!
Thanks.
Dr. Ego
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Now back to the Blackboard Classroom —
From Blackboard Classroom:
This week, you will examine the role of public health informatics in preparedness, with a focus on a health information infrastructure. The final readings for this class deal with issues surrounding project implementation.
Objectives
Students will:
Summarize the key factors in implementing a national health information infrastructure
Discussion – Creating a National Health Information Infrastructure
The United States currently has no uniform national routine reporting for most diseases, risk factors, or prevention activities (Shortliffe & Cimino, 2006). Without this type of information readily available, public health officials can be limited in their ability to accurately detect and report disease in populations. Reflect on the information that has been presented in the readings and multimedia presentations this week and in Week 11. With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 a response to the following:
Based on the information presented throughout this course, summarize the three most critical points to address in creating a national health information infrastructure and explain why these are the most critical.
Application
Evaluating a Health Information System
Last week you began evaluating a health information system applying what you have learned throughout this course. Be sure to include a description of the system, the name and title of the person with whom you spoke, and how their process was similar or different from what you have learned about planning and implementing this type of project.
In your write-up of this interview, please include an introductory paragraph and a summary of your observations, with reference to your reading in this week and in previous ones. Remember to use APA formatting, and to include your references. This Application is due by Day 7 of this week.
When complete, save the assignment as provided in the Blackboard classroom
Resources
Prior Knowledge
You have learned a great deal about information systems in this course. You have explored local organizational systems, state systems, national systems, and the exchange of data. You’ve also examined issues of security and project management. Consider what you know about the issues surrounding information technology projects. What do you think will be the key issues for implementing a national system? How prepared are we to deal with data security issues?
Media
Course DVD: Coosawatachee County Case Study: Module 7, “Developing and Implementing an IT System”
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This week presents the final scenario of the Coosawatachee County case study. As you watch these final segments, consider some of the longer-term issues of developing and establishing a new information system.
Access this week’s module by clicking on the above link and then selecting the respective module number from the circle dots on the left side of the screen.
Course DVD: “The Role of Information Infrastructure in Public Health Preparedness, Part II” (Dr. William Yasnoff)
In this video, Dr. Yasnoff completes his discussion on the importance of a national health infrastructure. In this presentation, he explores how such a system can be implemented.
Reading
Article: Humphreys, B. (2007). Building better connections: The national library of medicine and public health. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 95(3), 293300. Retrieved from the Walden Library Academic Search Complete database. (AN 26019304)
This article explores the benefits of sharing information across disciplines and how effectively building relational databases can enhance this opportunity.