Health
concern & Pattern Recognition
As technology improves the way health care is delivered; decision supportive tools may provide timely recognition of reportable diseases. Data screening and monitor statistics may be used to identify signs of an outbreak that may need further investigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed surveillance criteria to track illnesses in the United States. Monitoring Public health is collecting information and processing population health data. Nurses need to be aware of the health of the community. Knowledge about disease trends and other threats to a community’s health can improve program planning and early intervention (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012).
Informatics methods for Public Health Surveillance
Clinical heath information available for the public has the platform to advance and fundamentally improve the health of communities through the use of the internet. The CDC has tracking resources that monitors environmental hazards, human exposures and health effects.
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network - Tracking in Action
Disease management initiatives
Health care information must be shared for the purpose of improving clinical care; monitoring disease patterns, incidence, prevalence and identifying new patterns through a registry system to appropriately determine treatment programs and protocols. Organizations that are interested in improving the interoperability of healthcare information systems may sign up through the web site Quality, Research and Public Health (QRPH). This is a national and regional disease management initiative. The current sponsors of the QRPH site are; Healthcare Information/ Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act initiative is to provide evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the Public Health Service Act to promote measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates to reduce risk factors and promote wellness in both children and adults.
As technology improves the way health care is delivered; decision supportive tools may provide timely recognition of reportable diseases. Data screening and monitor statistics may be used to identify signs of an outbreak that may need further investigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed surveillance criteria to track illnesses in the United States. Monitoring Public health is collecting information and processing population health data. Nurses need to be aware of the health of the community. Knowledge about disease trends and other threats to a community’s health can improve program planning and early intervention (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012).
Informatics methods for Public Health Surveillance
Clinical heath information available for the public has the platform to advance and fundamentally improve the health of communities through the use of the internet. The CDC has tracking resources that monitors environmental hazards, human exposures and health effects.
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network - Tracking in Action
Disease management initiatives
Health care information must be shared for the purpose of improving clinical care; monitoring disease patterns, incidence, prevalence and identifying new patterns through a registry system to appropriately determine treatment programs and protocols. Organizations that are interested in improving the interoperability of healthcare information systems may sign up through the web site Quality, Research and Public Health (QRPH). This is a national and regional disease management initiative. The current sponsors of the QRPH site are; Healthcare Information/ Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act initiative is to provide evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the Public Health Service Act to promote measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates to reduce risk factors and promote wellness in both children and adults.