CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS

描述(由申请者提供)：华盛顿大学建议建立公共卫生信息学卓越中心：通过信息集成改善公众健康。合作伙伴包括华盛顿卫生部、基特萨普县卫生区、公共卫生信息学研究所和内陆西北卫生服务中心。该中心将侧重于三个研究主题：项目1(监测、综合和决策支持)将在新兴的卫生信息基础设施内开发公共卫生监测方法。我们将：1)开发区域卫生信息组织可以加强公共卫生监测的方法；2)开发和评估用于疾病监测的概率决策支持系统分类器；以及3)调查用于人口跟踪和疾病报告的网络调查评估系统的可用性。项目2(可定制的预防知识管理库系统：设计、开发和评估)将开发一个交互式数字知识管理系统，以支持公共卫生文件、数据、盈利对象和工具的收集、管理和检索。重点将是开发工具，包括概念图服务，这些服务将提供从包括“灰色文献”在内的各种关键资源快速获得答案的途径。该系统将侧重于自然语言处理和信息可视化技术的应用。构成部分将包括一个知识库系统、综合网络服务和一个基于角色的用户界面，以支持从业人员获取信息资源，以加强决策。长期目标是创造一种环境，让从业者可以用“通俗易懂的英语”提出问题，并得到他们的问题的答案，而不是简单地列出可能的答案。支持一体化的项目3(工作流程、变革管理和系统建模)将：1)完善和验证公共卫生信息技术工作的综合模式；2)提供一个变革管理工具包，以支持公共卫生机构改变综合模式所要求的当前做法；以及3)建立一个虚拟公共卫生信息技术环境，作为一个试验台，探索信息学挑战。这些项目得到三个核心的支持：行政核心(核心A)、流行病学和生物统计学科学核心(核心B)和技术和设计科学核心(核心C)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 methods within 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 interface to support access to information resources for enhanced decision-making by practitioners. The long-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 technology work; 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).