This free online course is specifically for individuals interested in a career in public health. This component will provide an overview of specialized public health applications such as registries, epidemiological databases, biosurvelliance, public health reporting alerts, quality reporting, and how to adopt/use of population health functions for electronic health records and consumer functions for personal health records. In addition, this component will address the potential of public health information technology for health promotion and chronic disease prevention.
This course contains 13 online lectures and will take about 15 hours to complete.
This course was authored by Columbia University and funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT - see credits for more details.
Units
Unit 1: Overview & Contribution to Public Health Through Electronic Health Record Use
Unit 2: Privacy, Confidentiality and Security of Public Health Information
Unit 3: Data Standards in Public Health Information Technology
Unit 4: Public Health Enabled Electronic Health Records
Unit 5: Epidemiology Databases and Registries-Public Health Information Tools
Unit 6: Biosurvelliance, Situational Awareness and Disaster Response
Unit 7: Public Health Reporting, Alerts and Decision Support
Unit 8: The potential of public health IT for health promotion and chronic disease prevention
Unit 10 Encouraging Adoption/Use of Population Health Functions for Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
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