Public Preferences About Secondary Uses of Electronic Health Information

Applications of Electronic Health Information in Public Health: Uses, Opportunities & Barriers

Electronic health information systems can reshape the practice of public health including public health surveillance, disease and injury investigation and control, decision making, quality assurance, and policy development. While these opportunities are potentially transformative, and the federal program for the Meaningful Use (MU) of electronic health records (EHRs) has included important publ...

The role of law in supporting secondary uses of electronic health information.

Innovative uses of electronic health records and social media for public health surveillance.

Electronic health records (EHRs) and social media have the potential to enrich public health surveillance of diabetes. Clinical and patient-facing data sources for diabetes surveillance are needed given its profound public health impact, opportunity for primary and secondary prevention, persistent disparities, and requirement for self-management. Initiatives to employ data from EHRs and social ...

Estimating the Future of Electronic Health Information System in Society

Background: The health information system provides an integrated platform and an information connection between the actors of the health system regardless of temporal and spatial limitations. Objective This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the development of electronic health record (EHR) system and predict the future of this system in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive study, ...

Electronic communication and the rapid dissemination of public health information.

To the Editor: In the United States, communicable disease surveillance, investigation, and control are the responsibility of the states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides epidemiologic and laboratory support to the state and territorial epidemiologists (state epidemio-logists) and state public health laboratory directors (state laboratory directors), who are located ...