2016 Guest Lecturer MQ Public Health Informatics Intro

Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine (Sweden)
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health
Research Theme: Climate Change and Health

Public Health Informatics:
An Introduction
Dr. Mikkel Quam, PhD, MScIH, BA, BS
September 9, 2016
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Email: mikkel.quam@umu.se

Facilitating Research Links on
Climate Change and Health

Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam
Umea University, Sweden
Yogyakarta, Indonesia: September, 2016

Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine (Sweden)

Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health
Research Theme: Climate Change and Health

Public Health Informatics:
An Introduction
Dr. Mikkel Quam, PhD, MScIH, BA, BS
September 9, 2016
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Email: mikkel.quam@umu.se

Public Health Informatics is…

“Public health informatics is the systematic application
of information, computer science, and technology to
public health practice, research, and learning.”
Competencies for Public Health Informaticians
CDC-USA, 2009

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What is Public Health Informatics?

public health informatics is
the application of health
information & technologies
to improve population health
Adapted from Chapter 20: Public Health Informatics in Clinical Informatics Study Guide, Text, and Review, Haque et al. 2016

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iPfpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA501&dq=Chapter+20+Public+Health+Informatics&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEw
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What is Public Health Informatics?

Adapted from Chapter 20: Public Health Informatics in Clinical Informatics Study Guide, Text, and Review, Haque et al. 2016

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iPfpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA501&dq=Chapter+20+Public+Health+Informatics&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEw
jn74fl-YDPAhXFs48KHYnYArgQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Chapter%2020%20Public%20Health%20Informatics&f=false


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What is Public Health Informatics?
Public Health Informatics involves many
things, but today we will focus on only 4
key elements of PHI:

• Health/Disease Surveillance
• Electronic Medical Record
• Data Visualization
• mHealth
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What is Public Health Informatics?

public health informatics is
the application of health
information & technologies
to improve population health

Adapted from Chapter 20: Public Health Informatics in Clinical Informatics Study Guide, Text, and Review, Haque et al. 2016

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iPfpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA501&dq=Chapter+20+Public+Health+Informatics&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEw
jn74fl-YDPAhXFs48KHYnYArgQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Chapter%2020%20Public%20Health%20Informatics&f=false

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Health/Disease Surveillance
Detection of disease is historical a core public
health function: Let’s watch a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM7zyhG__GE

epi "among/upon"
+ demos: "people/district”
+ logy ”study/science”
Detection, description, data collection and
coding of relevant Population Health
Information are central features of Public
Health Systems!
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Health/Disease Surveillance

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Health/Disease Surveillance

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Health/Disease Surveillance

So Basically Surveillance is asks
WHO? WHERE? WHEN?
-Birth,
-Health,
-Disease,
-Death, etc.
Tracking Disease is incredibly
powerful to Implementation of
Solutions

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According to WHO…

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EMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQ8c11dkU0

Health Information Systems …
In the modern age, (HIS) rely on EMR

Electronic
Medical
Records
What is EMR?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwML1N3TpM
EMR Benefits Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQ8c11dkU0
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What is Public Health Informatics?


Adapted from Chapter 20: Public Health Informatics in Clinical Informatics Study Guide, Text, and Review, Haque et al. 2016

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iPfpCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA501&dq=Chapter+20+Public+Health+Informatics&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEw
jn74fl-YDPAhXFs48KHYnYArgQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Chapter%2020%20Public%20Health%20Informatics&f=false

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records


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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records

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Electronic Medical Records can aid

in Patient Care Surveillance
EMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQ8c11dkU0

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PHI almost always involves Data
Visualization and Communication
• Used to communicate complex information
quickly and clearly through graphics
• More specifically, the interpolation,
encoding, or abstracting of (generally but
not exclusively quantitative) data into
visible objects including images and
diagrams.

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Data Visualization is…

• Utilized by Multiple Disciplines

• For Multiple Purposes
• And Should Stimulate User Engagement
In Public Health, How do we use Data
Visualization?
Take a 2 minutes to talk with your colleagues
in groups of 3
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Data Visualization in Public Health

In Public Health, we use Data Visualizations?
• To Communicate with Public
• To Communicate with Providers
• To Communicate with Decision Makers
• To Communicate with Colleagues
• Some examples maybe found in your
ministries’ websites, reports, and flyers
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Boarder Control Self Assessment

on Dengue Infection

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PPE Changes Since Ebola Epidemic

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Public Health Priorities of CDC

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Data Visualization in Public Health

In Public Health, we also use data
visualizations far earlier?
• To Explore our Data
• To Explore Models of Causality
• To Explore Analysis
• To Understand and Organize Comparisons
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Mapping of Dengue Reporting

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Schematic of Malaria transmission

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Data Visualization is… Many things
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

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Data Visualization in Data Science

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Public Health Informatics
is…mHealth too
Big Data in Health Informatics – YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4W6zGmH_pOw
“The unprecedented spread of mobile
technologies as well as advancements
in their innovative application to
address health priorities has evolved
into a new field of eHealth, known as
mHealth.” WHO,

Open mHealth -YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
RieskDNApsw
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Public Health Informatics is…

http://techno.okezone.com/read/2016/06/16/56/1416773/teknologi-silaksmi-mudahkan-antrean-pasien-di-rs

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Public Health Informatics is…

http://techno.okezone.com/read/2016/06/16/56/1416773/teknologi-silaksmi-mudahkan-antrean-pasien-di-rs

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Public Health Informatics is…
http://ugm.ac.id/en/newsPdf/11910-silaksmi.integrated.public.health.service.system

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Public Health Informatics is…

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Quick Exercise
Use your phone, computer, and classmates to
find 3 Public Health Informatics Examples:

Group 1: Public Health Inventions
Group 2: Health System Solutions
Group 3: Upcoming/future Applications
Group 4: Historical Applications
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