1. Connecting Communities for Better Health PHDSC / eHealth Initiative Annual Conference Introduction Track 6 Population Health Lawrence P Hanrahan, PhD MS Chief Epidemiologist Bureau of Health Information and Policy Wisconsin Division of Public Health Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health PHDSC Board Member May 25, 2005 Washington DC

2. So What Do We Bring to The Party?

3. Population Health u "Population Health" may be defined as 'the health of a population as measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social, economic and physical environments, personal health practices, and individual health capacity and coping skills, human biology, early childhood development and health services.' (Young 2000).

4. Public Health u The science and art of promoting health, preventing disease and prolonging life through organized efforts of society u For Example, it is the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, through preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards

5. Population Health + Public Health = Business Intelligence Population Health – Aggregate Health Information / Informatics Science / Modeling Cause & Effect Public Health – Acting on Findings – Informed Policy Business Intelligence: Enterprise Information Integration – Statistical and Modeling Sciences - to Drive Decision Making

6. Population Health + Public Health = Business Intelligence Business Intelligence – or Data Analysis & Aggregation on the Population Domain – to Develop Evidence Based Practices Informs Entire Medical Informatics Spectrum (Cellular, Imaging, Clinical) Essential to Achieve ROI, Reduce Medical Errors, Improve Efficiency, Quality We are the Life of the Party

7. Our Panelists u Jane Garb, MS, Spatial Epidemiologist/Biostatistician Health Geographics Program, BayState Medical Center u Marjorie S. Greenberg, Chief, Classifications and Public Health Data Standards, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention u Marty LaVenture, PhD, Public Health Informatics Advisor and Manager, Minnesota Department of Health u Anna Orlova, PhD, Executive Director, Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) u Mary Shaffran, Director of Informatics Policy, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials u Steven Steindel, PhD, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Public Health Informatics