Information and Technology | Public Health Services and Systems Research

Support for this program ended in 2015.

Studies in the Information and Technology domain of the 2012 PHSSR Research Agenda explore research questions in such areas as assessing and monitoring health outcomes, translating and disseminating research-tested public health strategies, and information and communication technologies.

STUDY	CATEGORY	RESEARCHERS
Developing a Tool for Defining Local Public Health Practice in Obesity Prevention	Assess and Monitor Health Outcomes	Ross Brownson & Katherine Stamatakis
Modeling Supply Chain System Structure to Trace Sources of Food Contamination	Assess and Monitor Health Outcomes	Stan Finkelstein & Richard Larson
Leveraging Integrated Electronic Data Sources to Improve Population Health Assessment at Local Levels	Assess and Monitor Health Outcomes	Brian Dixon
Implementation and Diffusion of the New York City Macroscope Electronic Health Record Surveillance System	Assess and Monitor Health Outcomes	Katherine McVeigh & Remle Newton- Dame
Adolescent AFIX: A Multi-state Randomized Control Trial to Increase Adolescent Immunization by Facilitating Vaccine Providers' Adoption of Best Practices	Translation and Dissemination of Research-Tested Public Health Strategies	Noel Brewer & Melissa Gilkey
Using Clinical-Community Partnerships and 2-1-1 Technology to Improve Early Childhood Developmental Screening and Care	Translation and Dissemination of Research-Tested Public Health Strategies	Paul Chung & Bergen Nelson
Addressing Geographic Variation in Public Health	Information and Communication Technologies	Florida Public Health PBRN
Addressing Geographic Variation in Public Health Production	Information and Communication Technologies	New Jersey Public Health PBRN
Assessing Georgia's Health Information Exchange Systems and Healthcare Providers' Meaningful-use Readiness and Their Plans to Use Health Information Exchange	Information and Communication Technologies	Georgia Public Health PBRN
Effective Public Health Data Sharing for Local Decision Making	Information and Communication Technologies	Joshua Vest
Electronic Information System to Monitor Services and Expenditures of Local Health Departments in New York State	Information and Communication Technologies	New York Public Health PBRN
Local Information Systems for Studying Public Health Practice and Outcomes	Information and Communication Technologies	Wisconsin Public Health PBRN
Local Variation in H1N1 Communication and Response in Kentucky	Information and Communication Technologies	Kentucky Public Health PBRN
Developing the Evidence-Base for Social Media Use in Public Health	Information and Communication Technologies	Jenine Harris
Collaborative Governance to Support Exchange of Public Health-Relevant Data	Information and Communication Technologies	Holly Jarman
Impact of Health Information Technology Investments and Meaningful Use Requirements on the Development of Public Health Record Data	Information and Communication Technologies	Dawn Jacobson
Improving Vaccine-Preventable Disease Reporting and Surveillance through Health Information Exchange	Information and Communication Technologies	Brian Dixon
Leveraging a Health Information Exchange Innovation to Improve the Efficiency of Public Health Disease Investigation	Information and Communication Technologies	Janet Baseman
Building a Sustainable Open Data Ecosystem for Public Health Services and Systems Research	Information and Communication Technologies	Erika Martin
Building Access and Understanding of Law in Public Health Practice in Nebraska	Information and Communication Technologies	Jennifer Ibrahim
Public Health and Primary Care Integration through Enhanced Public Health Information Technology (PHIT) Maturity: A Case for Behavioral Health	Information and Communication Technologies	Ritu Agarwal & Robert Gold