EAN: 9781447142362

PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS AND INFORMATION SYSTE...

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.

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