Year: 2012
Funding: Jr Investigator Award
Status: Completed
Overview
The principle objective of this proposal is to provide a scientific basis from which to address information system & technology related gaps in public health data sharing between state agencies and local health departments. Using NACCHO's 2008 Profile Survey and ASTHO's 2007 Profile of State Public Health, the study will document the extent of data sharing gaps in key public health activities reported by local health departments and then identify the organizational, structural, and contextual factors associated with increasing data gaps using regression models. Interviews with a sample of local health departments will describe the impact of information gaps on decision making capabilities and identify locally developed solutions to mitigate or manage any detrimental effects from data sharing gaps. This project will add to the PHSSR evidence base by: 1) providing a description of the gaps in public health data sharing; 2) identifying the factors associated with those gaps and explanations of how those factors influence the gaps; 3) providing direction and guidance on how to improve public health data sharing from an overall system and local perspective.
Researcher
Mentor
L. Michele Issel, Ph.D., RN
Clinical Professor
Community Health Sciences Division
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications
- Factors Related to Public Health Data Sharing between Local and State Health Departments.
- Improving immunization data management: an editorial on the potential of electronic health records.
- Changes to the electronic health records market in light of health information technology certification and meaningful use.
- The use and role of open source software applications in public and not-for-profit hospitals in the United States.
- Data sharing between local health and state health departments: developing and describing a typology of data gaps.
- Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability for health information exchange efforts.
- The extent of interorganizational resource sharing among local health departments: the association with organizational characteristics and institutional factors.