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Public health informatics applies computer and information science methods to promote population health and support the business of public health. Although computers have long been used to capture, manage and process information on population health statistics, the field of public health informatics is an emerging discipline that goes beyond numbers. Information systems that receive and send data to electronic health records are increasingly implemented in governmental public health agencies in the U.S. as well as around the world. These systems support a number of core public health business processes, including surveillance, prevention, and community health assessment. Like in clinical contexts, information systems are making public health business processes more efficient, which leads to better understanding of population health status as well as the identification of emerging health threats. This chapter defines the scope of public health informatics and discusses how the emerging field complements and relates to clinical informatics. Clinical informaticians will likely interact with public health agencies to establish information exchange for compliance with public health laws as well as a channel to receive knowledge relevant to the health status and threats facing their populations and communities.

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  1. Center for the Advancement of Health IT, RTI International, 230 W Monroe Street, #2100, Chicago, IL, 60606, USA

    Saira N. Haque MHSA, PhD

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Brian E. Dixon MPA, PhD

  3. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service CIN 13-416, Center for Health Information and Communication, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Brian E. Dixon MPA, PhD

  4. Center for Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Brian E. Dixon MPA, PhD

  5. Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Shaun J. Grannis MD, MS, FACMI

  6. Center for Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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