CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS

华盛顿大学建议建立公共卫生信息学卓越中心： 通过信息整合提高公众健康水平。合作伙伴包括华盛顿部门 卫生局、基萨普县卫生区、公共卫生信息学研究所和内陆西北卫生局 服务。该中心将重点研究三个主题：项目1(监视、集成和决策 支助)将在新出现的健康信息范围内制定公共卫生监测方法 基础设施。我们将：1)制定方法，使区域卫生信息组织能够 2)开发和评估概率决策支持系统分类器 疾病监测；以及3)调查人口网络调查评估系统的可用性 跟踪和疾病报告。项目2(可定制的知识管理库系统 预防：设计、开发和评估)将开发交互式数字知识 支持收集、管理和检索公共卫生文件、数据、 赚钱的对象和工具。重点将是开发工具，包括概念图服务 这将提供快速获取各种关键资源的答案，包括“灰色文献”。这个 系统将重点研究自然语言处理和信息可视化技术的应用。 组件将包括知识库系统、集成Web服务和基于角色的用户 接口，以支持获取信息资源，以加强从业人员的决策。这个 长期目标是创造一种环境，从业者可以用“通俗易懂的英语”提出问题。 收到他们问题的答案，而不是简单地列出可能寻找答案的地方。项目3 支持集成：工作流程、变更管理和系统建模)将：1)细化和 验证公共卫生信息技术工作的集成模型；2)提供变革管理 支持公共卫生机构改变现行做法的工具包 模型；3)构建虚拟公共卫生信息技术环境作为试验床，并 探索信息学挑战。这些项目由三个核心支持：管理核心(核心A)、 流行病学和生物统计学科学核心(核心B)和技术与设计科学核心(核心C)。

The University of Washington proposes to establish the Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics: Improving the Public's Health through Information Integration. Partners include the Washington Department of Health, Kitsap County Health District, the Public Health Informatics Institute, and Inland Northwest Health Services. This Center will focus on three research topics: Project 1 (Surveillance Integration and Decision Support) will develop public health surveillance methodswithin the emerging health information infrastructure. We will: 1) develop methods by which regional health information organizations can enhance public health surveillance; 2) develop and evaluate a probabilistic decision support system classifier for disease surveillance; and 3) investigate the usability of a web survey-assessment system for population tracking and disease reporting. Project 2 (Customizable Knowledge Management Repository System for Prevention: Design, Development, and Evaluation) will develop an interactive digital knowledge management system to support the collection, management, and retrieval of public health documents, data, earning objects, and tools. The focus will be the development of tools, including concept mapping services that will provide rapid access to answers from a variety of key resources, including the "gray literature". The system will focus on the application of natural language processing and information visualization techniques. Components will include a knowledge repository system, integrative web services and a role-based user nterface to support access to information resources for enhanced decision-making by practitioners. The ong-term goal is to create an environment in which practitioners can pose questions in "plain English" and receive answers to their questions rather than simply a list of possible places to look for answers. Project 3 Supporting Integration: Work Process, Change Management and System Modeling) will: 1) refine and validate an integrated model of public health information technologywork; 2) provide a Change Management Toolkit to support public health agencies in making changes to current practice called for by the integrated model; and 3) build a Virtual Public Health Information Technology Environment to serve as a testbed and to explore informatics challenges. These projects are supported by three cores: Administration Core (Core A), Epidemiology and Biostatistics Science Core (Core B), and Technology and Design Science Core (Core C).