Save the Date for AMIA's 2013 PHI Working Group PreSymposium!

AMIA's Public Health Informatics (PHI) Working Group is hosting a day-long event focused on "Current and Emerging Issues for Population Health Informatics in Healthcare and Public Health" on Saturday, November 16, 2013 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Washington Hilton, Washington D.C.


Keynote Debate: Public health informatics and population health informatics are one and the same, or not?
by Dr. John W. Loonsk, CGI Federal, and Dr. Jonathan P. Weiner, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health


Last year's PHI PreSymposium had record-setting interest and attendance, with profressionals from healthcare, public health, academia and government sharing ideas and addressing challenges. The 2013 workshop will take the discussion to the next level with a roster of experts from around the nation.

For details and registration information, visit (see WGo2) http://www.amia.org/amia2013/tutorials.

For questions, please contact:


Hadi Kharrazi, MHI MD PhD (Co-chair)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Center for Population Health IT
443.287.8264 / hkharrazi@jhsph.edu

Ashish Joshi, PhD MD MPH (Co-chair)
Center for Global Health and Development
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health
402.559.2327 / ashish.joshi@unmc.edu

If you know anyone who may be interested, please feel free to share the information!

AMIA Upcoming Webinar - Immunization Decision Support

ISDS would like to share an upcoming event hosted by one of our partner organizations, AMIA, regarding Immunization Decision Support from Electronic Health Records. You can learn more about this event and how to register below.

American Medical Informatics Association

Public Health Informatics Webinar Series

Immunization Decision Support

With reporting to Immunization Information Systems (IIS) from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) advancing, it is important to think about how information from EHRs and IIS can work together to provide the most effective immunization decision support. Immunization decision support requires connection across many different systems in many different clinical and public health jurisdictions and represents a leading example of public health decision support in clinical settings. This webinar will consider the kinds of immunization decision support rules needed, decision support use in EHRs and the ways in which IIS’s and EHRs need to connect to support needed transactions.

Speakers:

Stuart T. Weinberg, MD FAAP

Project Director, Outpatient Whiteboard

Technical Director, Immunization Registry Project

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Stuart Myerburg, JD

Health Scientist, Informatics

Immunization Information Systems Support Branch

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bill Adams, MD

Director of BU-CTSI Clinical Research Informatics

Director of Child Health Informatics,

Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine

April 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM EST

Register at: http://www.amia.org/education/webinars/immunization-decision-support

 (There will be a $50 charge for non-member participation)

The last webinar is viewable at:

Data and Informatics Needs of the Recent Fungal Meningitis Events

(http://www.amia.org/webinar/webinar-data-needs-recent-meningitis-event)

 AMIA aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics. AMIA connects a broad community of professionals and students interested in informatics. AMIA is the bridge for knowledge and collaboration across a continuum, from basic and applied research to the consumer and public health arenas. One of the five domains supported by AMIA is the Public Health Informatics Working Group. Public Health Informatics is the application of informatics in areas of public health, including surveillance, reporting, and health promotion.

AMIA - Public Health Informatics Workgroup Webinar Series

Public Health Informatics Workgroup Webinar Series

AMIA and the AMIA Public Health Informatics Work Group are planning a series of webinars on timely issues in public health and population health informatics. The webinars will include information from relevant experts and an opportunity for questions and interaction with all participants. These webinars are open to both AMIA members and non-AMIA members for no charge. 

The Data and Informatics Needs of the Recent Meningitis Events

Date – February 12, 2013

Time – 12:00 Noon EST

At least 44 people have died and more than 678 people in 19 states have become ill from fungal meningitis, epidural abscesses, and other infections after receiving contaminated steroid shots made by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.   Public health response to these events required coordination among multiple Federal and State organizations, recommendations for the management of possible and confirmed cases and strong patient and physician communications. This webinar will focus on data and informatics needs of this event and what capabilities could facilitate similar responses in the future.

Speakers:

Janet J Hamilton, MPH
Disease Control and Health Protection
Bureau of Epidemiology
Florida Department of Health

Marion Kainer, MD MPH FRACP
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department of Health

J. Todd Weber, MD
Incident Manager, CDC Response to Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections 
Chief, Prevention and Response Branch
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

To participate – Register beforehand at: 

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/526283406

AMIA aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics. AMIA connects a broad community of professionals and students interested in informatics. AMIA is the bridge for knowledge and collaboration across a continuum, from basic and applied research to the consumer and public health arenas. One of the five domains supported by AMIA is the Public Health Informatics Working Group. Public Health Informatics is the application of informatics in areas of public health, including surveillance, reporting, and health promotion.