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Public health surveillance and meaningful use regulations: A crisis of opportunity

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  • Lenert, L.
  • Sundwall, D.N.

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The Health Information Technology for Economicand Clinical Health Act is intended to enhance reimbursement of health care providers for meaningful use of electronic health records systems. This presents both opportunities and challenges for public health departments. To earn incentive payments, clinical providers must exchange specified types of data with the public health system, such as immunization and syndromic surveillance data and notifiable disease reporting. However, a crisis looms because public health's information technology systems largely lack the capabilities to accept the types of data proposed for exchange. Cloud computing may be a solution for public health information systems. Through shared computing resources, public health departments could reap the benefits of electronic reporting within federal funding constraints.

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  • Lenert, L. & Sundwall, D.N., 2012. "Public health surveillance and meaningful use regulations: A crisis of opportunity," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(3), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300542_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300542
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