Enhancing Research Informatics Capacity for Health Information in Colombia (ENRIC

说明(申请人提供)：哥伦比亚目前的健康状况可被定义为“三重”疾病负担，其特点是发达国家典型的慢性病和退化性疾病的发病率不断上升，疟疾和结核病等传染病和寄生虫病的流行数量，以及与创伤有关的受伤和死亡人数高得惊人。培训一支能够提供医疗信息学解决方案的健康专业人员队伍，以最好地研究每一种健康问题，将对哥伦比亚的公共卫生产生重大影响。“加强哥伦比亚卫生信息的研究和信息学能力”项目将在匹兹堡大学和波哥大贾维利亚纳大学之间建立一个国际合作，目的是建设个人在卫生信息学领域的能力，重点是临床研究。我们与贾维利亚纳大学临床流行病学和生物统计学系(DCEB)建立了伙伴关系。在这个部门内，一个医学信息学中心将被指定为高级国内培训和支持中心的区域资源，以支持RICH计划。匹兹堡大学将利用专业知识建立一个完全整合的项目，对一批调查人员进行与哥伦比亚卫生需求相关的卫生信息学和先进研究方法方面的教育。具体目标是：1)作为匹兹堡大学应用医疗和健康信息学证书课程的一部分，向至少10名哥伦比亚人提供医疗信息学方面的正式培训。2)在哥伦比亚境内举办短期强化培训课程，包括关于临床信息系统、临床术语、生物信息学、数据库管理、生物监测和临床研究方法的讲习班/研讨会；建立基础设施，以便在贾维利亚纳大学DCEB的主持下建立正式的医学信息学培训方案。此外，我们建议通过我们现有的国际创伤和伤害研究合作培训计划，通过为一些正在进行的创伤项目提供快速实施信息学解决方案的机会，在过去活动的基础上再接再厉，这些项目可能会对哥伦比亚的一个重大公共卫生问题产生直接影响。 公共卫生相关性：哥伦比亚医学信息学的现状正处于这样一个阶段，一支训练有素的卫生信息学专家队伍可以为改善哥伦比亚卫生保健所需的研究作出关键和宝贵的贡献，同时推动信息学领域的发展。最终，在匹兹堡和哥伦比亚，卫生专业人员将有机会获得各种卫生信息科目的技能。这些人将在哥伦比亚和拉丁美洲提高卫生保健车的质量、安全和效率方面发挥重要作用

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current health profile of Colombia can be defined as a having a "triple" burden of disease characterized by an increasing incidence of chronic and degenerative diseases typical of developed countries, a prevalent number of infectious and parasitic disease such as malaria and tuberculosis and an inordinately high number of trauma-related injuries and deaths. Training a cadre of healthy professionals capable of offering medical informatics solutions to best study each and every one of these health afflictions will have a major impact on public health in Colombia. The ENRICH project: "Enhancing Research and Informatics Capacity for Health Information in Colombia" will establish an international collaboration between the University Pittsburgh and the Javeriana University in Bogota with the goal of building the capacity of individuals in the field of health informatics with an emphasis on clinical research. We have established a partnership with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (DCEB) of the Javeriana University. Within this department, a center for medical informatics will be designated as the regional resource for advance in-country training and support center for the ENRICH program. The University of Pittsburgh will draw expertise to build a fully integrated program to educate a cadre of investigators in health informatics and advanced research methods relevant to the health needs of Colombia. The specific aims are: 1) To provide formal training in medical informatics to at least 10 individuals from Colombia as part of a Certificate program in applied medical and health informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. 2) Advance in-country training by offering short term intensive training courses within Colombia consisting of workshops /seminars on clinical information systems, clinical terminologies, bioinformatics, data base management bio-surveillance and clinical research methodology and 3). To establish the infrastructure for the creation of a formal training program in medical informatics under the auspices of the DCEB at Javeriana University. Furthermore, we propose to build on our past activities trough our existing International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training Program by offering the opportunity for rapid implementation of informatics solutions on a number of ongoing projects in trauma that could have an immediate impact on a major health public issue in Colombia. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The status of Medical Informatics in Colombia is at stage in which a well trained cadre of experts in health informatics can make crucial and valuable contributions to the research necessary to improve Colombia's health care while advancing the field of informatics. Ultimately, health professionals will have the opportunity to acquire skills in a variety of health information subjects, both in Pittsburgh and in Colombia. These individuals will play a major role in improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health car in Colombia and Latin America