CDC Public Information and Communications The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a national initiative to increase the capacity of public health agencies to electronically exchange data and information across organizations and jurisdictions In addition, the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Health Studies Branch (DEHHE/HSB) at the CDC has developed a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) toolkit, which is used by public health practitioners and emergency management officials to determine the health status and basic needs of the affected community in a quick and low-cost manner. Public Health Information Network (PHIN) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a national initiative to increase the capacity of public health agencies to electronically exchange data and information across organizations and jurisdictions (e.g., clinical care to public health, public health to public health and public health to other federal agencies). To do so, PHIN promotes the use of standards and defines functional and technical requirements for public health information exchange. The mission of PHIN is to establish and support shared policies, standards, practices, and services that facilitate efficient public health information access, exchange, use, and collaboration among public health agencies and with their clinical and other partners. The vision of PHIN is an integrated healthcare and public health system using information effectively to advance population health and well-being. Activities for the PHIN initiative including strategic planning, administration, management, and operations reside in CDC’s Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS). These activities include: Developing and disseminating requirements, standards, specifications, and overall architecture for public health information exchange. Monitoring the information exchange capabilities of state and local health agencies. Developing methods to validate, test, and certify electronic messages. Promoting the use of public health information exchange to improve emergency preparedness outcomes. Communicating the value of public health information exchange to public health practice. Working with various CDC programs to: Establish governance for policies, standards, practices, and services.
CDC Public Information and Communications The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a national initiative to increase the capacity of public health agencies to electronically exchange data and information across organizations and jurisdictions In addition, the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Health Studies Branch (DEHHE/HSB) at the CDC has developed a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) toolkit, which is used by public health practitioners and emergency management officials to determine the health status and basic needs of the affected community in a quick and low-cost manner. Public Health Information Network (PHIN) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a national initiative to increase the capacity of public health agencies to electronically exchange data and information across organizations and jurisdictions (e.g., clinical care to public health, public health to public health and public health to other federal agencies). To do so, PHIN promotes the use of standards and defines functional and technical requirements for public health information exchange. The mission of PHIN is to establish and support shared policies, standards, practices, and services that facilitate efficient public health information access, exchange, use, and collaboration among public health agencies and with their clinical and other partners. The vision of PHIN is an integrated healthcare and public health system using information effectively to advance population health and well-being. Activities for the PHIN initiative including strategic planning, administration, management, and operations reside in CDC’s Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS). These activities include: Developing and disseminating requirements, standards, specifications, and overall architecture for public health information exchange. Monitoring the information exchange capabilities of state and local health agencies. Developing methods to validate, test, and certify electronic messages. Promoting the use of public health information exchange to improve emergency preparedness outcomes. Communicating the value of public health information exchange to public health practice. Working with various CDC programs to: Establish governance for policies, standards, practices, and services.
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