1. Public Health & Information Technology: Can we be friends? Yael Harris Director, Office of Health IT & Quality Health Resources and Services Administration Department of Health and Human Services

2. "Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it." - H. James Harrington

3. Public Health + Technology Disease Surveillance Health Promotion Community Support Electronic Health Records eHealth Data Warehouse

4. Meaningful Use Safety Consumer Engagement Care Coordination Population Health

6. How to Get There from Here? Education Training Knowledge Sharing IT Resources

7. Where Do We Fit In? HRSA Mission “To improve health and achieve health equity through access to quality services, a skilled health workforce and innovative programs.”

8. HRSA’s Public Health Priorities 1) Achieving Health Equity and Improving Outcomes 2) Linking/Integrating Public Health and Primary Care 3) Strengthening Research & Evaluation, Assuring Availability of Data and Supporting Health Information Exchange (HIE) 4) Assuring a Strong Public Health/Primary Care Workforce 5) Increasing Collaboration and Alignment of Programs Within HRSA and Among Our Partners

9. HRSA’s Activities Data Analytics Care Integration Information Sharing Information Dissemination Workforce Development Innovation & Partnerships