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Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information to Deliver Value

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The effective use of health informatics involves much more than implementation of hardware and software. It is dependent on human factors, including the development of competencies by those who would employ health informatics and the development of teamwork by information technology (IT) professionals and health professionals. Effective health informatics creates value. It is an enabler that maximizes its potential when its users work as a team to integrate health informatics with the business strategy and work processes. Already we are seeing Internet applications begin to drive down healthcare costs while improving the delivery and effectiveness of health services. This trend will continue in coming years. We are beginning to amass proof that informatics actually improves health through aiding in disease management, providing specialist support, improving patient safety, and serving as decision support for practitioners. Over the next decade, we will see many more advances in the use of technology in support of the shared missions of health care and public health to improve the life of each individual.

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington school of Public Health, Seattle, 98105, WA, USA

    Patrick W. O’Carroll M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M.

  2. Crystal Insights, Government Division of Metatomix, Inc., Waltham, MA, 02451, USA

    Laura H. Ripp R.N., M.B.A., M.P.H.

  3. Public Health Informatics Institute, Decatur, GA, 30030, USA

    William A. Yasnoff M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.M.I.

  4. Community Health Information Technology Alliance, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

    M. Elizabeth Ward R.N., M.N.

  5. Electronic Data Systems, Roswell, GA, 30075, USA

    Ernest L. Martin Ph.D., M.B.A., F.L.M.I.

  6. Truett-McConnell College, 30677, Watkinsville, GA, USA

    Ernest L. Martin Ph.D., M.B.A., F.L.M.I.

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Ball, M.J. (2003). Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information to Deliver Value. In: O’Carroll, P.W., Ripp, L.H., Yasnoff, W.A., Ward, M.E., Martin, E.L. (eds) Public Health Informatics and Information Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22745-8_3

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