Arizona Health Information Exchange

abstract: Arizona strives to be the national role model for the secure, interoperable health information exchange to facilitate safe, secure, high quality and cost effective health care. The purpose of the Health Information Exchange in Arizona is to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of wellness in the Arizona population by securely connecting patients and health care providers so that relevant and understandable information is available anytime, anywhere

Efficient Decision Support Systems

This series is directed to diverse managerial professionals who are leading the transformation of individual domains by using expert information and domain knowledge to drive decision support systems (DSSs). The series offers a broad range of subjects addressed in specific areas such as health care, business management, banking, agriculture, environmental improvement, natural resource and spatial management, aviation administration, and hybrid applications of information technology aimed to interdisciplinary issues. This book series is composed of three volumes: Volume 1 consists of general concepts and methodology of DSSs; Volume 2 consists of applications of DSSs in the biomedical domain; Volume 3 consists of hybrid applications of DSSs in multidisciplinary domains. The book is shaped decision support strategies in the new infrastructure that assists the readers in full use of the creative technology to manipulate input data and to transform information into useful decisions for decision makers

Increasing Chlamydia Screening in the High-Risk Population using Electronic Notification and Targeted Education: A Primary Care Approach

The primary care office is an ideal setting and the front gate for screening young adults for chlamydia infection. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US and sexually active women aged 24 and younger are at the highest risk for having it (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). Screening is simple and effective and can be completed through a urine test. Treatment is straightforward and involves a one-time dose of antibiotic medicine. Untreated infections in women can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), chronic pelvic pain, infertility, and life-threatening ectopic pregnancies (Papp, Schachter, Gaydos, & Pol, 2014). Despite the simplicity of managing this specific sexually transmitted infections, screening occurs in only about half of these women (CDC, 2013). The advent of the electronic medical record (EMR) has helped to improve healthcare, for example medication errors have drastically improved (The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, (ONC), 2019). For my DNP project, I leveraged the technologic potential of the EMR’s in order to improve chlamydia screening. This technology stands to identify more infections and earlier, facilitate prompt treatment with a simple and cheap medication, improve the quality of lives of US citizens, and preserve precious healthcare resources by reducing the incidence of chronic conditions

International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference 2011: Building the Future of Public Health Surveillance: Building the Future of Public Health Surveillance

Daniel Reidpath - ORCID: 0000-0002-8796-0420 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-04204pubpub1117

Transactions of the First International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement vol. 1, no. 1

Full proceedings of The First International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement held at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 28, 2011. Conference Co-Chairs: Dr. Bernard Han, Director of the Center for HIT Advancement (CHITA) at Western Michigan University Dr. Sharie Falan, Associate Director of the Center for HIT Advancement (CHITA) at Western Michigan University Transactions Editor: Dr. Huei Lee, Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Eastern Michigan Universit