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Inform Me, Informatics
by Public Health Informatics Institute
From the Public Health Informatics Institute, this podcast tells stories from the field of public health informatics. Join host Piper Hale as she talks to some of the field's top experts and boots-on-the-ground practitioners to explore what makes this evolving discipline a bedrock of effective public health practice. These stories make this complex field into something a little easier to understand.Learn more about the Public Health Informatics Institute at phii.org.
Episodes
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#29: Data modernization part 1: Ohio's solid foundation with Jonathon George & Kristen Dickerson
In part 1 of our new series on the national Data Modernization Initiative, two outstanding modernization experts from the Ohio Department of Health join the show to talk about Ohio's data modernization journey. Chief Data Officer Jonathon George and State Epidemiologist Kristen Dickerson shared...
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#28: Vivian Singletary on digital contact tracing for COVID-19
Vivian Singletary, PHII's director, joins the show share some insights into digital contact tracing as a tool for COVID-19 control, and to explain PHII's role in a new contact tracing API from Google and Apple. Vivian also touches on ethics during a pandemic, the future of pandemic preparedness,...
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#26: Dr. Leo Nissola on how predictive modeling of COVID-19 can inform public policy
Immunologist, physician and author Dr. Leo Nissola joins the show to talk about Covid Act Now, a COVID-19 predictive statistical model. He also shares insights around what may be ahead for this pandemic, and what public action he believes may be needed. You can see the model for yourself at...
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#25: Preventing COVID-19 outbreaks through health systems strengthening with Dr. Patrick O'Carroll
Dr. Patrick O'Carroll, the head of health systems strengthening at the Task Force for Global Health and former CDC and HHS leader, joins the show to talk about how strengthened health systems and solid public health infrastructure are essential for protecting populations from outbreaks like...
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#24: Dr. Karen DeSalvo on the legacy of Public Health 3.0 and future of informatics
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services and the former director of the ONC, joins the show to talk about her time in local public health, the legacy of her iconic Public Health 3.0 plan, and her vision for the future of public health informatics. You...
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#23: Dr. Alyson Shupe on mapping the opioid crisis in Colorado
In anticipation of NACCHO's upcoming Local Health IT Virtual Conference, Dr. Alyson Shupe of Tri-County Health Department in Colorado joins the show to describe how her agency is using data to build interactive maps illustrating the opioid crisis in her jurisdiction. Listen to the end for a...
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#22: Vivian Singletary and Dr. David Addiss on health data ethics: Part 2
Vivian Singletary, PHII’s director, and Dr. David Addiss, longtime health ethics advocate and the director of the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics in Global Health (FACE), return to the show to finish their conversation on health data ethics, this time focusing on practical applications for...
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#21: Vivian Singletary and Dr. David Addiss on health data ethics: Part 1
Vivian Singletary, PHII’s director, and David Addiss, longtime health ethics advocate and the director of the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics in Global Health (FACE), join the show to talk about how consumer privacy and health data ethics intersect. Let us know your personal definition of...
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BONUS: Call for questions and rebroadcast of Dave Ross's call-in show
Vivian Singletary, the director of the Public Health Informatics Institute, is now taking your questions! Email an audio file to [email protected] or call 678-974-0344 to leave a voicemail by October 1, 2018, and Vivian may answer your question on a future episode. This bonus episode revisits our...
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#20: Dr. Umair Shah on the Public Health Informatics Conference and Harris County's data warehouse
Dr. Umair Shah, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Texas and former President of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), joins the show to share his excitement about the upcoming Public Health Informatics Conference and to talk about Harris…
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#19: How the CHAMPS project uses informatics to fight childhood mortality
Patrick Caneer of the Public Health Informatics Institute joins the show to talk about the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network, a Gates Foundation-funded project that is harnessing the power of informatics to fight global childhood mortality. If you enjoy the show,...
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#18: The dynamic informatics career of Dr. Bryant Karras
Dr. Bryant Karras, Chief Public Health Informatics Officer at the Washington State Department of Health, joins the show to share the story of his long informatics career. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me,...
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BONUS: Dr. Dave Ross on the "box of rocks" and informatics
Dr. Dave Ross returns to the show in this special bonus episode to explain that informatics doesn't always have to involve high-tech solutions. He shares a historical story about one of the best health information systems he's ever seen, built with wood, nails and paint in Sierra Leone. If you...
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#17: Therese Hoyle on the informatics behind immunizations
Therese Hoyle, longtime veteran of immunization information systems (IIS), joins the podcast to share her perspectives on the early days of IIS and how technology has transformed public health systems. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future...
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#16: Dr. Gulzar Shah on health data challenges
Dr. Gulzar Shah of Georgia Southern University's Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health joins the podcast to talk about his personal informatics journey, and to share some data challenges that local health departments face. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have...
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#15: The Tropical Data app and the role of informatics in eliminating trachoma
Beck Willis of the International Trachoma Initiative (PHII's sister program at the Task Force for Global Health) describes how her innovative team is working to end a plague with smartphones—and the power of informatics! If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have...
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#14: NYC Macroscope: A look at EHRs and population health surveillance
Sharon Perlman of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tells the story of Macroscope, an innovative new population health surveillance project. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me,...
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#13: Mark Conde on data quality, informatics degrees and how tech shapes public health practice
Mark Conde of Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health shares his thoughts on new technology, higher education and what makes informatics so crucial to public health. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform...
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#12: The storied career of Dr. Alan Hinman
Dr. Alan Hinman is retiring from more than 50 years of public health service and teaching—and he has some thoughts and stories to share. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at [email protected].
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#11: Dr. Marissa Fond on how to explain informatics to your friends and family
Marissa Fond from the FrameWorks Institute walks us through some evidence-based communications strategies for talking about public health informatics. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at...
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#10: Whatcom County’s journey toward becoming an informatics-savvy health department
Nicole Willis of Whatcom County Health Department joins the podcast to share her agency's path to becoming an informatics-savvy health department. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at...
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#09: Minnesota’s e-health initiative and informatics in action at the local level
Cathy Gagné from Minnesota's Saint Paul-Ramsey Department of Public Health walks listeners through the state's new e-health roadmap. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at [email protected]. Music...
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#08: Informatics for One Public Health: Vivian Singletary shares her vision for the field
Vivian Singletary, PHII's new director, joins the podcast to talk about key informatics projects and the future of the field—and how technology alone may fall flat in securing strong public health informatics. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for...
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#07: Chicago’s demonstration project for STI electronic case reporting
Dr. Marion Tseng and Cristal Simmons from the Chicago Department of Health join the podcast to tell the story of how electronic case reporting transformed their city’s STI surveillance. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes…
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#06: Health information systems and their role in advancing health equity
Megan Douglas from the Morehouse School of Medicine discusses her research at the intersection of health policy and health technology. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at [email protected]. Music...
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#05: Call-in show: Dave Ross answers listener questions
Dave Ross, Task Force for Global Health President and CEO, returns to the podcast to answer listeners' burning questions about public health informatics. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me, Informatics at...
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BONUS: The professional path of Mary Beth Kurilo
Oregon state IIS veteran and AIRA leader Mary Beth Kurilo returns to the podcast to share her own professional story and explain what led her to the world of immunization information systems. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes,...
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#03: Exploring immunization information systems with Mary Beth Kurilo
Oregon state IIS veteran and AIRA leader Mary Beth Kurilo joins the podcast to explain how state information systems keep the U.S. population healthy and vaccinated. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for future episodes, contact Inform Me,...
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#02: Data sharing and informatics success stories with Dave Ross
PHII Director Dr. Dave Ross returns to chat about key topics in informatics, from the benefits of data sharing to making the case for electronic health records. Dave also tells us some of his favorite informatics success stories. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you...
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#01: From rocket science to informatics with Dr. Dave Ross
PHII Director Dave Ross joins host Jessica Hill to chat about how his professional life led him from missiles engineering to public health informatics. Dave also offers his own definitions of informatics. If you enjoy the show, please consider rating us on iTunes! If you have suggestions for…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
From the Public Health Informatics Institute, this podcast tells stories from the field of public health informatics. Join host Piper Hale as she talks to some of the field's top experts and boots-on-the-ground practitioners to explore what makes this evolving discipline a bedrock of effective public health practice. These stories make this complex field into something a little easier to understand.Learn more about the Public Health Informatics Institute at phii.org.
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