Public Health Informatics Workgroup Meeting

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Public Health InformaticsWorkgroup Meeting
Barbara Massoudi, MPH, PhD Chair AMIA 2007 Fall
Symposium Chicago, Illinois
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This evenings goals

• Participate in the PHI WG Business meeting
• Meet our Chair-elect
• PHI WG key initiatives
• Review five key initiatives to focus on for the
  coming year
• Contribute to the roundtable planning process
• Volunteer to participate in activities for the
  coming year

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Sponsorship

• Our thanks to
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• for their generous sponsor-ship of the
  reception prior to the Roundtable session

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PHI WG Chair-Elect

• Dr. Matthew Scotch
• 2002 MA (Biomedical Informatics) Columbia
  University
• 2006 PhD (Biomedical Informatics) University of
  Pittsburgh
• 2007 MPH (Public Health) Yale University
• Currently, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University

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PHI WG Past Chairs

• Dr. Janise Richards 2004-2006
• Dr. Jeff Luck 2001-2003
• Dr. William Yasnoff 1998-2000

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PHI WG Listserv

• The listserv address has changed
• Please add the new listserv address to your
  address book!!!
• Visit the AMIA website Members Only section and
  update your profile!!!
• phi-wg_at_mailman.amia.org

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Background I

• Fall 2005 Roundtables
• Reviewed and discussed the progress that had been
  made on the National Agenda for Public Health
  Informatics as proposed at the Spring 2001 AMIA
  meeting
• Discussed key issues generated by each roundtable
• Rank ordered key issues to determine a focus for
  the PPH WG for the coming year

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Background II

• Fall 2006 Roundtables
• Narrowed down list of issues
• Sought leadership for activities

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Background III

• Spring 2007 Meeting
• Breakfast Meeting
• First PHI WG event at Spring Congress
• Narrowed list down to 5 manageable areas
• Secured primary and secondary leadership for
  those areas

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Current PHI WG Initiatives

• PHI WG Website Enhancement
• Jay Schindler, Julie Schneider, Tom Caruso
• Public Health/Healthcare Forum
• Laverne Snow, Lindsey Hoggle
• PHI Competencies
• Bryant Karras, Janise Richards
• Best Practices in User-centered Design
• Yalini Senathirajah, Barbara Massoudi
• RHIOs/HIEs/IHEs
• Taha Kass-Hout, Bill Lober

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Roundtable Planning Process

• Goal (10 min)
• Objective (15 min)
• Outcomes (10 min)
• Timeline (10 min)
• Process/Tools (10 min)
• Volunteers (5 min)
• Issues
• Report back (3-5 min)

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Potential Outcomes

• White paper
• Position paper
• Journal article
• Pod cast
• Web tutorial
• In person tutorial/workshop
• Sponsored session or panel
• Others?

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Process/Tools

• Conference calls AMIA funded
• PHI WG listserv
• In person meetings
• Spring Congress
• Others
• PHI WG website enhanced in 2008
• Limited funding available
• Interaction with other WGs

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Questions???