Health Informatics Quiz #5 Chp. 21-22

Meaningful use fully supports public health surveillance and reporting.

• True

• False

Define: Systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research and learning.

• Geographic Information Systems

• Public Health Informatics

• Healthmap

• Public Health Surveillance

Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data essential to planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice is defined as.

• Geographic Information Systems

• Meaningful Use

• Public Health Informatics

• Public Health Surveillance

Case surveillance systems have been the focus of most public health surveillance.

• True

• False

Sydromic surveillance systems cannot be used to track longitudinal data and monitor disease trends.

• True

• False

Which statement is true.

• Public Health Information Network is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Initiative.

• Although, PHIN and NHIN are similar, only one require standards and policies for secure transmission of healthcare data.

• Establishing messaging and vocabulary standards is not a key focus/strategy for PHIN.

• PHIN stands for Prevention and Public Health Fund

Epidemiologists often characterize data by place, time and person.

• True

• False

The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) estimates that despite the importance of public health informatics, the field will not necessarily require more workers.

• True

• False

A public health professional who works in practice, research, or academia and whose primary work function is to use informatics to improve population health is defined as:

• Population Health Informatician

• Public Health Data Analyst

• Public Health Professor

• Public Health Informatician

The _______________________ represents world public health with goals of fostering health security, promoting health development and strengthening health systems.

• CDC

• World Health Organization

• PHIN

• NHIN