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Comment by Fiona Hyde on May 20, 2010 at 11:43pm

FOR MARISEL-Re: Health technology & population health data

I took a look at your diagram & it was helpful to me to understand the idea that we need public health and city/regional planning working together to deal with the countrys' health problems. What I did not see in the population data list was socio-economic data. The Chicago Information Center has a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to take a look at a number of community indicators & I think they include health (immunization rates for kids, obesity???).
Also, an article from Diabetes Care was mentioned in a list serve I subscribe to. The article linked socio-economic status to kids being at risk for diabetes. Here is the link.

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/5/1065.abstract" target...

Comment by Marisel Brown on May 20, 2010 at 11:10pm

HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE PLATFORMS & POPULATION HEALTH DATA

There is an enourmous amount of information available regarding clinical health information technology in the business, IT, and clinical literature. Articles regarding integration of population health data into these clinical systems is scarce. While clinical data is clearly organized with ICD-9/10 codes & CPT codes, it seems public health as a discipline has not reached consensus regarding the data elements that constitute an expansion of population health data into built environment, food access, or key social determinants of health.
The attached diagram illustrates data categories that could be included in an expanded set of population health measures. What concerns me is that given the head start clinical data advocates have in the HIE development work underway via ARRA & PPACA, what is the outlook for the inclusion of expanded population health measures.
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Draft #1 Diagram of expanded population health information exchange...