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Overview
Collective term for the methodical application of information science and technology
to community and public health process.
Focuses on the health information system of the community, it is centered on the
majority part of the public.
Emphasizes the prevention of the disease, medical intervention and public
awareness.
Fulfils a unique role in the community, promoting and protecting the health of the
community at the same time maintaining sustainability and integrity of health data
and information.
this also useful in monitoring and tracking the health status of the community. in my opinion it
will also help community health worker in making updates of the patient’s profile. they don’t
need to do tons of paper work if nursing informatics will be use in community
health sector.The goal of community health informatics ” Effective and timely assessment that
involves monitoring and tracking the health status of populations including identifying and
controlling disease outbreaks and epidemics.”
advantages of using this system, the tracking and detection of the disease in the community will
be easy because we can easily track the spread of it, and the communication among the nurses
and other health care provider will be strong.
the community health center should really use this kind of system because i experienced how the
health centers record and updates of information of the people in the community and believe it or
not it takes us to weeks to do it from letter A-Z.
Community Health and Informatics
Public health agencies are on the front line of preventing epidemics. But they also do
much more than that in the communities they serve, and their work is being informed by
technology that allows information to be collected and analyzed in new ways.
Public health agencies monitor the health of their communities by doing the following:
Health informatics involves collecting data and applying analytics that can reveal trends
quickly enough to prevent epidemics or other negative health situations. Among the
community health data that can be collected to identify these trends:1
Absences from work or school
Purchases of health-care products, including specific types of over-the-counter
and prescription medications
Symptoms reported to medical providers
Emergency room admissions
Lab test orders
Vital statistics from state and local governments
Financial data
Facility data
Internet searches for symptoms of infectious disease such as the flu
Informatics is allowing public health officials to collect and analyze this data more
quickly and efficiently. Emerging data exchange systems will increasingly allow
community health officials to share public health information with their counterparts
elsewhere in their region so that information about health threats will spread more
quickly.