Year: 2013
Funding: NNPHI PHS3 Award
Status: Completed
Overview
A primary objective of this project is to develop and validate an evidence-based Public Health Information Technology (PHIT) Maturity Index to guide improvements in the usefulness, efficiency, and outcomes of technology-mediated strategies for public health and clinical care program integration. The project will focus on behavioral health across a racially diverse underserved population and investigate integration across multiple PHIT systems including electronic health records (EHRs), public health reporting (PHR) data systems (such as surveillance systems), and ancillary systems (such as health information exchanges).
Publications
- The Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index: An Approach to Evaluating the Adoption and Use of Public Health Information Technology (Frontiers in PHSSR, April 2016)
- The Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index: An Approach to Evaluating the Adoption and Use of Public Health Information Technology (Report, April 2016)
- Achieving a Better State of Public Health Information Technology: Using the Public Health IT Maturity Index for Assessment and Strategic Decision-making (Policy Brief, February 2016)
Presentations
- Improving Primary Care and Public Health Integration (IHF 39th World Hospital Congress, October 2015)
- The Public Health Information Technology (PHIT) Maturity Index: A Method for Evaluating and Enhancing PHIT Effectiveness (PHSSR Research in Progress Webinar, August 2015 recording)
- Public Health & Primary Care Integration through Enhanced PHIT Maturity: A Case for Behavioral Health--Pre-Implementation Results (Poster presentation at PHSSR Keeneland Conference, April 2015)
- Public Health & Primary Care Integration through Enhanced PHIT Maturity: A Case for Behavioral Health (Poster presentation at PHSSR Keeneland Conference, April 2014)
- Public Health & Primary Care Integration through Enhanced PHIT Maturity: A Case for Behavioral Health (Webinar for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Project Participants, March 2014)
Tools
- Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index Overview (video, July 2016)
0:00 Background and Rationale
5:40 Relevant Previous Research
6:47 PHIT Maturity Model and Other Models
9:35 PHIT Maturity Index: Local Health Department Assessment Components
10:00 Scale and Scope of Information Technology Use
11:44 PHIT Quality Components
13:00 Human Capital, Policy, & Resources
14:20 Community Digital Infrastructure
15:40 Using Maturity Index for Local PH Assessment
- Using the Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index (User Guide, April 2016)
- Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index Questionnaire (April 2016)
- Advancing Public Health Information Technology (PHIT) (Project Blog, 2013-15)
- UMD Experts to Expand IT for Public Health in Montgomery County, Md (UMD Right Now newsletter, December 2013)
Research Areas
Contact
PIs: Ritu Agarwal, P.h.D., M.B.A. and Robert Gold, Ph.D., Dr.P.H.
Kenyon Crowley, M.B.A., M.S.I.S., Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland