Awarding IT: Improving Healthcare - 2008 HIMSS Public Health Davies Awards
by Barbara Kram, Editor | September 02, 2008
The HIMSS
Nicholas E. Davies
Award of Excellence
Nicholas E. Davies
Award of Excellence
ATLANTA - As an invited participant to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Information Network Conference (PHIN), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society announced the 2008 recipients of the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Public Health Award of Excellence. The two public health recipients recognized are:
* Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, Cherokee, NC
* New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ
The HIMSS Davies Public Health Award recognizes the impact of information technology and information management on improving the health of a defined population. Applicants must show enhanced care of the overall population, such as a public health department that routinely uses data from its health IT system for more effective care delivery by establishing additional clinics or issuing multi-language alert.
Any federal, state, local, tribal, or non-profit public health program can apply for the award. Size of the system does not matter, but the impacted community must be clearly evident and described by geographic area, socioeconomic group, or other applicable factors.
The HIMSS Davies Public Health Award Committee, comprised of clinicians, public health, and healthcare IT professionals, reviews all applications, conducts site visits, and votes on award recipients. A brief summary of the accomplishments of the award recipients follows. Visit Davies Public Health Award Recipient Manuscripts to view their applications for the award.
Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, Cherokee, NC: Cherokee Indian Hospital is the primary medical home and public health provider for an active user population of over 10,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. CIHA is the governing body for the hospital as an independent component of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Tribal government. Final outcomes reported (2007) as compared to baseline (2004) showed improvement in screening for 10 different measures impacting overall population health. Examples of these measures include: 1) tobacco use screening increased from 43 percent to 80 percent, and 2) domestic violence screening increased from 1 percent to 80 percent.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ: The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services' Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CDRSS) serves more than 900 trained users from public health nurses to administrative staff in New Jersey's 114 local health departments that cover 566 municipalities in 21 counties. CDRSS is the primary tool for reporting and managing information on New Jersey's communicable diseases that require notification to state and local public health and health care partners. The staff can run reports with maps and summarize data related to outbreaks or code cases by location with the CDRSS design. In 2006, a multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak occurred and was associated with a fast food restaurant chain. The resulting symptoms were beyond the standard definitions for this type of outbreak. With the CDRSS, the Communicable Disease Service (CDS) staff customized case data fields to include the restaurant chain's exposure history and most commonly identified symptoms.
* Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, Cherokee, NC
* New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ
The HIMSS Davies Public Health Award recognizes the impact of information technology and information management on improving the health of a defined population. Applicants must show enhanced care of the overall population, such as a public health department that routinely uses data from its health IT system for more effective care delivery by establishing additional clinics or issuing multi-language alert.
Any federal, state, local, tribal, or non-profit public health program can apply for the award. Size of the system does not matter, but the impacted community must be clearly evident and described by geographic area, socioeconomic group, or other applicable factors.
The HIMSS Davies Public Health Award Committee, comprised of clinicians, public health, and healthcare IT professionals, reviews all applications, conducts site visits, and votes on award recipients. A brief summary of the accomplishments of the award recipients follows. Visit Davies Public Health Award Recipient Manuscripts to view their applications for the award.
Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, Cherokee, NC: Cherokee Indian Hospital is the primary medical home and public health provider for an active user population of over 10,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. CIHA is the governing body for the hospital as an independent component of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Tribal government. Final outcomes reported (2007) as compared to baseline (2004) showed improvement in screening for 10 different measures impacting overall population health. Examples of these measures include: 1) tobacco use screening increased from 43 percent to 80 percent, and 2) domestic violence screening increased from 1 percent to 80 percent.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ: The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services' Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CDRSS) serves more than 900 trained users from public health nurses to administrative staff in New Jersey's 114 local health departments that cover 566 municipalities in 21 counties. CDRSS is the primary tool for reporting and managing information on New Jersey's communicable diseases that require notification to state and local public health and health care partners. The staff can run reports with maps and summarize data related to outbreaks or code cases by location with the CDRSS design. In 2006, a multi-state E. coli O157:H7 outbreak occurred and was associated with a fast food restaurant chain. The resulting symptoms were beyond the standard definitions for this type of outbreak. With the CDRSS, the Communicable Disease Service (CDS) staff customized case data fields to include the restaurant chain's exposure history and most commonly identified symptoms.
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