Dr. Karen Monsen discusses the Omaha information classification system of clinical best practice. The Omaha System is a standardized classification system to enhance practice, documentation and information management. It provides a structure to document client needs and strengths, describe multidisciplinary practitioner interventions, and measure client outcomes.
A dashboard is a digital tool used to build an interactive, visual representation of data from a host of sources to monitor an organization's performance. Dashboards have become an important method of presenting and visualizing public health related data, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.
The University of Illinois Informatics LifeLine staff believe that there are a number of shortcomings among many of the present public health dashboards.
Basing decisions on overall COVID-19 case counts and mortality can be misleading and offer faulty guidance for delivering public health interventions to high risk populations. A University of Illinois School of Public Health and Purdue research team has been examining spatial and temporal patterns of COVID-19 mortality with a focus on the significant loss of life from COVID-19 among Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) residents in contrast to mortality in the community residents of private households (non-LTCF).
The pandemic has raised unprecedented fears of voting in person in the upcoming election. Despite these fears it has been predicted that a record turnout of perhaps 145 million votes will be cast , two thirds in person in largely indoor polling buildings .Using a virus transmission model developed at the University of Colorado, an analysis was made of the effects of increasing ventilation and restricting occupancy at polling places as a method of increasing the safety of such in-person voting.
Public Safety Informatics
Vic Mensa, Grammy-nominated rapper and activist, and Kevin Booker, Chief of Police for the University of Illinois at Chicago, discuss the nature of the relationship between communities and police - past, present, and potential futures.
Informatics LifeLine solicited and curated comments and updates from industry experts and past interview subjects.
Surveillance Informatics
Dr. Kofi Osei, leader of the Pandemic Response Team for the Republic of Ghana, describes the measures that Ghana took in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surveillance Informatics
Why is it that, despite a gloomy initial outlook, the continent of Africa has experienced a drastic decrease in daily confirmed cases and deaths compared to other regions of the world? Dr. Edward Mensah discusses the factors involved.
Surveillance Informatics
School administrators can no longer wait for rising indoor air quality complaints before resolving conditions conducive to COVID contagion. They must initiate efforts to prevent excess contagion risk with monitoring plans based upon rapid changes in both HVAC system maintenance status and occupancy levels.
Surveillance Informatics
Dr. Kenneth Fox, Chief Health Officer for Chicago Public Schools, sat down with Informatics LifeLine’s Elizabeth Mensah for a discussion on the city’s plans for reopening its schools safely.
In the Informatics Roundup, we highlight notable news and postings from other blogs and websites in the fields of public health informatics. These sources have a lot more to offer, so we urge our readers to visit their websites!
Public Safety Informatics
New methods are needed to promote community-police communication as a component of any improvement in police community relations. Existing informatics tools may provide a promising path.
Surveillance Informatics
Elizabeth Mensah discusses the Chicago Public School plans to adopt online learning due to COVID this fall - and close the digital divide for low income families - with Adrian Segura, Deputy Chief of Family and Community Engagement (FACE2) in Education at Chicago Public Schools.
Surveillance Informatics
Digital media expert, author and educational innovator Nicole Dreiske addresses innovations in education as school districts face challenges transitioning to online learning in response to COVID-19.
Healthy Building Informatics
Real-time monitoring of air exchange rates via WiFi-enabled sensors can be a valuable and affordable tool to ensure the safety of restaurant patrons.
In the Informatics Roundup, we highlight notable news and postings from other blogs and websites in the fields of public health informatics. These sources have a lot more to offer, so we urge our readers to visit their websites!
Healthy Building Informatics
Informatics LifeLine discusses responsible restaurant reopening procedures with Dr. Nicholas Peneff, a certified industrial hygienist, and Dan Bouska, owner of the Finley Dunne’s Tavern in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood.
Surveillance Informatics
Dean Wayne H. Giles of the the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and Acting Director Michael Negron of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity discuss reopening the Illinois economy while avoiding the COVID spikes occurring in Texas and Florida..
Mobile applications could be applied to help manage “Healthy Homes” inspections.
