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A national agenda for public health informatics. 2001

W A Yasnoff, and J M Overhage, and B L Humphreys, and M LaVenture, and K W Goodman, and L Gatewood, and D A Ross, and J Reid, and W E Hammond, and D Dwyer, and S M Huff, and I Gotham, and R Kukafka, and J W Loonsk, and M M Wagner

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia 30333 USA. WYasnoff@cdc.gov

The American Medical Informatics Association 2001 Spring Congress brought together the public health and informatics communities to develop a national agenda for public health informatics. Discussions on funding and governance; architecture and infrastructure; standards and vocabulary; research, evaluation, and best practices; privacy, confidentiality, and security; and training and workforce resulted in 74 recommendations with two key themes: (1) all stakeholders need to be engaged in coordinated activities related to public health information architecture, standards, confidentiality, best practices, and research and (2) informatics training is needed throughout the public health workforce. Implementation of this consensus agenda will help promote progress in the application of information technology to improve public health.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008490	Medical Informatics	The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine.	Clinical Informatics,Medical Computer Science,Medical Information Science,Computer Science, Medical,Health Informatics,Health Information Technology,Informatics, Clinical,Informatics, Medical,Information Science, Medical,Health Information Technologies,Informatics, Health,Information Technology, Health,Medical Computer Sciences,Medical Information Sciences,Science, Medical Computer,Technology, Health Information
D010934	Planning Techniques	Procedures, strategies, and theories of planning.	Planning Theories,Methodology, Planning,Planning Methodology,Planning Technic,Planning Methodologies,Planning Technics,Planning Technique,Planning Theory,Technic, Planning,Technique, Planning,Theory, Planning
D011635	Public Health Administration	Management of public health organizations or agencies.	Administration, Public Health
D003226	Congresses as Topic	Works about conferences, conventions or formal meetings usually attended by delegates representing a special field of interest.	Conferences,Conference Proceedings as Topic,Conferences and Congresses,Conferences and Proceedings,Congresses and Conferences,Professional Meetings and Conferences,Congresses as Topics,Proceedings and Conferences,Topics, Congresses as
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012955	Societies, Medical	Societies whose membership is limited to physicians.	Medical Societies,Medical Society,Society, Medical
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016730	Program Development	The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).	Program Descriptions,Description, Program,Descriptions, Program,Development, Program,Program Description