Creation of environmental health information system for public health service: A pilot study

  • Authors:
  • Ling Li;Li Xu;Hueiwang Anna Jeng;Dayanand Naik;Thomas Allen;Maria Frontini

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of IT/Decision Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA;Department of IT/Decision Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA;Department of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA;Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA;Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, USA;Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

  • Venue:
  • Information Systems Frontiers
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Despite more than a decade of research on medical information systems, deficiencies exist in our capability of establishing an effective environmental health information infrastructure. In this research, we present a pilot study on creating a feasible environmental health information infrastructure. The newly-developed environmental health information system is a web-based platform that integrates databases, decision-making tools, geographic information systems for supporting public health service and policy making. The study, which is a part of a comprehensive effort known as Environmental Public Health Tracking proposed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, opens the door for future research on a large scale nation-wide healthcare information infrastructure.