Leveraging the Electronic Health Record for Public Health Alerting

Presenters: Nedra Garrett, MS (CDC)

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1-2 PM Eastern Time

Overview:
With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its focus on Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, public health has an unprecedented opportunity to leverage the information, technologies and standards enabled by this effort to support critical public health functions such as alerting and surveillance. CDC subject matter expert will discuss strategies to increase compliance with public health recommendation and guidelines, and discuss how improved dissemination of public health information at point of care can lead to more timely patient specific information by utilizing EHR systems.
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