Public Health Informatics Institute

Thanks to all who attended the interactive session on Becoming an Informatics-savvy Health Department at . PHII's Lura Daussat led the session with Chris Baumgartner from the Washington State Department of Health. View info-savvy resources: https://ow.ly/ioqk50Siqu8

Our PHII staff enjoyed hanging out with our colleagues at the reception in Pittsburgh last night. We're at our booth today, so If you're at the conference, drop by to learn about PHII's resources and pick up some PHII swag!

If you’re in Pittsburgh for , don’t miss PHII’s staff presenting at workshops this week. Sarah Shaw, who oversees our data modernization work, will speak about Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) on Tuesday, June 11, from 2:15-3:30 p.m. ET. Lura Daussat, director of practice support, will co-present on “Becoming an Informatics-Savvy Health Department” on Wednesday, June 12, 1-1:45 p.m. ET with Chris Baumgartner from the Washington State Department of Health.

Drop by our booth 119 at and find out about our free resources on data modernization and becoming informatics savvy! If you're taking part in the CSTE Passport to Prizes, we have a stamp and would love to meet you.

PHII hosted the 10th annual IIS Leadership Workshop at our offices at The Task Force for Global Health in Decatur. Thanks to those who joined us for this three-day event to build leadership capabilities to leverage the interrelated components of immunization information systems (IIS)–people, policies, processes and technology–in support of immunization program goals. Thanks to CDC's Informatics and Data Analytics Branch (IDAB) and the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) for their partnership. View our IIS resources: https://phii.org/iishub/

Our own Sarah Shaw led a session on PHII’s Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) Data Governance Boot Camp at the recent Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) Reverse Site Visit in San Diego. Over 600 PHIG recipients and national partners shared their successes and progress across the PHIG strategies of data modernization, workforce development and foundational capabilities. View PHII’s data modernization resources, including a planning toolkit: https://ow.ly/5oNc50S16Uv

It was great interacting with IIS leaders during our session at ! PHII’s own Tony Winters and Candace Garcia, and CDC’s Beth Cox discussed resources available to help jurisdictions with their IIS needs. View our IIS Hub: https://phii.org/iishub

If you're a morning person, join us bright and early in the Exhibit Hall for the last day of on May 9! No worries if you're not an early riser; we'll still be there later in the morning to share PHII swag and info on our free resources.

If you’re in Orlando for , come hear a session from PHII’s own Tony Winters and CDC’s Beth Cox on Defining and Supporting the Role of an IIS Leader on Wednesday, May 8, at 9:15 a.m.

PHII’s Executive Director Vivian Singletary presented as part of the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) Panel at . View PHII’s IIS resources on preparing for data modernization: PHII’s Executive Director Vivian Singletary presented as part of the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) Panel moderated by Mary Beth Kurilo at 2024. View PHII’s immunization information systems (IIS) resources on preparing for data modernization: https://phii.org/iishub

If you're attending , don't miss PHII’s own Executive Director Vivian Singletary as she speaks on a panel about the Data Modernization Initiative today at 10:45 a.m.

PHII offers our thanks to participants at our recent Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Disaster Preparedness Surveillance meeting. Attendees gave feedback to staff from PHII and CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) on how to help public health agencies monitor and respond to CAMH needs during and after natural disasters.
View CAMH resources: https://ow.ly/ju7p50Rxsrv

The hallways of our PHII offices look inspiring and colorful thanks to our partnership with TILA Studios, a visual arts incubator. PHII recently hosted a Happy Hour and Artists Talk with some of the artists participating in our artwork acquisition program with TILA Studios. We’re excited for our offices to provide a platform for artists of diverse backgrounds to showcase their work in a non-traditional setting. Below: Erin Kendrick shares the story of her painting titled “Shai.” 📷 Tyler Williams

Make plans to hear from the deans of 3 Georgia schools of public health during a live webinar on Tuesday, April 16, at 11:30 a.m. EDT from Women in Global Health GA, USA. The deans will engage in a conversation touching on their career paths, how their institutions are enabling a future workforce in global public health and key challenges for the public health workforce. Register: https://ow.ly/AZf950Rfl4q

PHII welcomed 77 Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) leaders from 48 jurisdictions and 6 partner agencies to The Task Force for Global Health offices for a DMI Data Governance Boot Camp this week. The boot camp–with speakers from PHII, HLN Consulting and Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP)–offered a structured collaboration and learning opportunity for DMI-funded jurisdictions to impart knowledge and skills for leading data governance work.

We’re thrilled to announce that PHII’s new spring line-up of free e-learning courses for the IIS community is now available through the Informatics Academy! We designed these 7 courses to support the complex daily operational work and systems maintenance of an immunization information systems (IIS) team. Topics covered range from data quality and HL7 messaging to how to conduct immunization evaluation and forecasting activities inside an IIS.

All 7 courses have free enrollment, thanks to funding provided through a CDC cooperative agreement. 💻 Enroll: https://catalog.informaticsacademy.org

We're committed to improving informatics infrastructure in the U.S. during and beyond. In collaboration with the CDC PHII provides guidance and support to public health jurisdictions in developing data modernization plans. Our Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) work also includes:

🔹 facilitating a data modernization learning community
🔹 coordinating annual workshops for data modernization leaders
🔹 collecting DMI Stories From the Field
🔹 developing a free DMI planning toolkit

Browse our free DMI resources: https://phii.org/data-modernization-initiative/

Public health is all about preventing disease, diagnosing health conditions and encouraging health and well-being. Advancements in public health can help us in the fight towards equity, so all people and populations can thrive. Browse PHII's free resources: https://phii.org/resource-library/

PHII joins the American Public Health Association to celebrate National Public Health Week today through April 7. Let’s work together to create equitable and healthy communities for everyone!

Congratulations to PHII staff celebrating work anniversaries! Lucy Liu, data engineer, and Shailesh Nair, lead data engineer, both work with the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We’re thankful for PHII staff such as Shailesh and Lucy who partner with Emory Global Health Institute on CHAMPS to gather knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to identify causes of death in children under the age of 5.

We're celebrating the work anniversaries of our PHII staff! Charisse LaVell, senior informatics analyst, and Tony Winters, project team lead, both work in our Practice Support Unit.

We're so proud of the leadership Tonya Duhart Miller provides at Public Health Informatics Institute!

“Leadership comes in many forms. It doesn’t necessarily have to be formal,” says Tonya, Associate Director of Business Operations. She talks about how women are often already serving as leaders in their families and communities and how those skills transfer to the workplace. Thanks to our umbrella org The Task Force for Global Health for highlighting our amazing colleagues during .

Watch Tonya's story: https://ow.ly/LWSC50R52FM

PHII’s own Lura Daussat presented at the recent EHDI Annual Conference on improving diagnostic audiology reporting using an intelligent document processing solution. Lura was joined by Dawn Heisey-Grove from Amazon Web Services and Kelly Dundon from GenTech Associates.

Happy 40th Birthday Task Force! 🎊 We’re so proud to be part of The Task Force for Global Health's nearly two dozen programs.

🎉 Celebrating Four Decades of Impact 🎉

Forty years ago today, a small group gathered in Bellagio, Italy. Representing UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, United Nations Development Programme - UNDP, and the Rockefeller Foundation, they launched The Task Force for Child Survival, a three-person non-profit with Dr. Bill Foege at the helm supported by Dr. Bill Watson and Carol Walters.

In just six years, The Task for Child Survival, which would later become The Task Force for Global Health, had delivered with its partners: four times as many children had been vaccinated, with 80% of the world’s children protected. This jump from 20 percent saved countless lives and was declared the “largest peacetime achievement the world had ever seen” by the head of UNICEF.

With each Task Force accomplishment, more opportunities arose. With each new challenge, the focus was the same: forging strong partnerships that aimed for measurable results. Over the last four decades, the Task Force has grown to a broad portfolio of nearly two dozen programs in more than 150 countries, with expertise in a wide range of global health issues, particularly eliminating diseases, ensuring access to vaccines, and strengthening health systems. We are proud of our accomplishments with an eye towards the future and the evolving needs of our global community. Join us today in celebrating our 40th birthday!

Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination Mectizan Donation Program MedSurplus Alliance Public Health Informatics Institute International Trachoma Initiative TEPHINET The Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases Voices for Vaccines

On International Women's Day, we're proud to be part of The Task Force for Global Health and its commitment to !

Happy International Women’s Day from The Task Force for Global Health! Today we’re celebrating the achievements of women in global health while recognizing that there is still progress to be made towards gender inequalities in health and breaking gender biases in science. Let’s together to help create a better, more inclusive world!

As we near the end of , The Task Force for Global Health recognizes the important contributions of Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith. A pioneering physician and innovator, Dr. Prothrow-Stith introduced the concept that violence should be viewed as a public health issue and a social "disease," shifting the perspective away from considering it solely a criminal justice problem.

Additionally, she championed the notion that a preventive approach is essential in addressing violence. Prothrow-Stith developed The Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents, laying the foundation for subsequent violence prevention curricula in educational settings.

We're thrilled to celebrate the work anniversaries of two PHII staff! Piper Hale, associate director of communications, celebrated her 10th anniversary with PHII. Jimica Tchamako, director of the Requirements Lab, celebrated 9 years.

Today is . Katie Gass, Director of Research for our sister organization Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD), talks about what is needed to .

World NTD Day 2024 COR-NTD Director of Research Katie Gass talks about what is needed to for

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