An Informatics Solution for Informing Care Delivery of Immediate Public Health Risks to Their Patients

Authors

  • Joseph S Lombardo Johns Hopkins University
  • Nedra Garrett CDC
  • Wayne Loschen JHU/APL
  • Richard Seagraves JHU/APL
  • Barbara Nichols CDC
  • Steven Babin Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Phys

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v1i1.2750

Abstract

This paper describes a public health alerting approach that has the potential to improve patient care during a public health outbreak and reduce healthcare costs, streamline the process of public health alert management and dissemination, and heighten the crucial feedback loop between public health officials and clinicians. The approach ties public health alerts into the diagnostic process and allows clinicians to more easily determine when an observed medical condition may be related to a more widespread disease outbreak. A prototype Alert Knowledge Repository (AKR) service using this approach was demonstrated within the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) interoperability showcases in April and September 2009, respectively.

Author Biography

Joseph S Lombardo, Johns Hopkins University

Division of Health Sciences Informatics School of Medicine Asst, Prof. Applied Physics Lab. Prinicpal Staff

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Published

2009-12-10

How to Cite

Lombardo, J. S., Garrett, N., Loschen, W., Seagraves, R., Nichols, B., & Babin, S. (2009). An Informatics Solution for Informing Care Delivery of Immediate Public Health Risks to Their Patients. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v1i1.2750

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