NACCHO Exchange: Information Systems and Public Health (Spring 2008) (PDF)

NACCHO Exchange promotes effective local public health practice. The spring 2008 issue (volume 7, issue 2) explores ways that local health departments are using information systems to improve public health. This issue features the following stories: (1) Building GIS Capacity in Local Health Departments; (2) Serving Public Health: Efficient and Responsive Information Systems; (3) The Evolution of the Public Health Information Network; (4) PRISM: A Privacy Toolkit for Public Health Professionals; (5) Keeping Pace with Information Technology in Public Health; (6) The Case for Distributed Influenza Surveillance; (7) Meeting the Needs of the Underserved through Health Information Exchange.

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