Week 14: Unit 1

Information Systems in Public Health

UNIT 1: Clinical Decision Support Systems
In this unit students are introduced to
Public Health Information Systems

Students will learn how Public Health

Informatics and Health Information
Infrastructure are aiding in providing
healthcare of the highest quality.
Objectives
By the end of this chapter, the student
should be able to:
1. Defining Public Health
2. Define Public Health Informatics
3. Essential services of Public Health
4. Information systems in Public Health
5. Health Information Infrastructure
6. HII and Telemedicine/Telehealth
7. Ethics in Health Informatics
UNIT : What is PUBLIC HEALTH?
PUBLIC HEALTH: DEFINITION
• The assessment, policy development
and assurance of public health
UNIT : What is PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS?
PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS:

DEFINITION
• Systematic application of information
science, computer science and technology
to public health practice, research, and
learning
Week 14: Unit 1
Check your Understanding
 UNIT 1: Check your understanding
1. What is the purpose of Epi-Info in Healthcare centers?
2. How do you automate a form that you design in Epi-Info so that some fields can have data
entered automatically?
3. What tool in Epi-Info do you use if you want to query the database in order to retrieve
information stored?
4. Explain in your own words how to create a drop-down menu in Epi-Info as you create and
design your fields?
5. What is the importance of creating Maps in Epi-Info? What do Maps contribute to the data
analyst?
Thank you!