Important PHI Sites:
American Public Health Association
Center for Public Health Informatics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Public Health Institute
Abbreviations Used in PHI; Standardized words and abbreviations commonly used for national health data collection to ensure data is understood between organizations.
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CEPA California Environmental Protection
CPHI Center for Public Health Informatics
CRA Community Risk Assessment
EPI-X Epidemic Information Exchange
HAN Health Alert Network
IT Information Technology
IOM Institute of Medicine
NCPHI National Center for Public Health Informatics
NETSS National Electronic Technology System for Surveillance
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIN National Health Information Network
NEDSS National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
PHDSC Pennsylvania’s Health Risk Assessment Process
PHI Public Health Informatics
PHIN Public Health Information Network
QRPH Quality, Research, Public Health
RHIO Regional Health Information Exchanges
SPRC Suicide Prevention Community Assessment Tool
WONDER Wide-raging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
YRBSS Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
(McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012)
Alicia Reynolds RN, BSN
Graduate Student at Roberts Wesleyan College
[email protected]
Created March 3, 2013
American Public Health Association
Center for Public Health Informatics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Public Health Institute
Abbreviations Used in PHI; Standardized words and abbreviations commonly used for national health data collection to ensure data is understood between organizations.
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CEPA California Environmental Protection
CPHI Center for Public Health Informatics
CRA Community Risk Assessment
EPI-X Epidemic Information Exchange
HAN Health Alert Network
IT Information Technology
IOM Institute of Medicine
NCPHI National Center for Public Health Informatics
NETSS National Electronic Technology System for Surveillance
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIN National Health Information Network
NEDSS National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
PHDSC Pennsylvania’s Health Risk Assessment Process
PHI Public Health Informatics
PHIN Public Health Information Network
QRPH Quality, Research, Public Health
RHIO Regional Health Information Exchanges
SPRC Suicide Prevention Community Assessment Tool
WONDER Wide-raging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
YRBSS Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
(McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012)
Alicia Reynolds RN, BSN
Graduate Student at Roberts Wesleyan College
[email protected]
Created March 3, 2013