Public Health Foundations & Epidemiology
The systematic collection and analysis of health data to understand community health needs and guide interventions.
What is Assessment
The use of algorithms and machine learning to analyze health data, predict outcomes, and support decision-making in public health.
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The policies and procedures that guide the use, sharing, and protection of health data within public health systems.
What is Governance
A public health action or strategy designed to improve health outcomes.
What is an Intervention
Programs and strategies aimed at informing the public about health issues, often supported by digital tools and platforms.
What is Health Education
Ensuring that public health services are provided effectively and equitably based on assessed needs.
What is Assurance
The use of data analysis to improve patient outcomes and inform public health policies.
A federal law that establishes national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The ability of individuals to understand and use health information to make informed health decisions.
What is health literacy
Known as the Father of Epidemiology
Who is John Snow
The intentional release of biological agents to cause illness, with public health informatics used for detection and response.
What is Bioterrorism
A set of standards defined by the HITECH Act for using EHRs to improve patient care.
What is Meaningful Use
The fundamental systems, services, and technology required to support public health informatics.
What is Infrastructure
The study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices in public health.
What is Implementation Science
Restricting movement of individuals exposed to contagious diseases to prevent spread.
What is quarantine
A measure (like life expectancy or disease rate) used to describe the health of a population.
standardized, comprehensive clinical terminology used for coding and sharing health data. It allows for more precise and detailed clinical documentation.
What is SNOMED or Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine
Minimum criteria that must be met for quality, performance, or safety in public health practices.
What is Threshold Standards
Systematic processes to ensure health services meet certain standards and are continuously improved.
Quality Assurance
A set of protocols that allows different health software systems to communicate and exchange data.
What is Application Programming Interface (API)
Evaluating the likelihood and impact of health threats using data and analysis.
What is Risk Assessment
A standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically to improve interoperability between health systems.
What is Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
Any information about health status or care that can be linked to an individual.
What is Personal/Protected Health Information
The use of marketing principles to influence health behaviors for the benefit of individuals and communities.
What is social marketing
A system allowing providers to enter treatment orders electronically (including medications, lab tests, procedures, and other treatment), reducing errors and supporting public health data collection.
What is Computer-Based Physician Order Entry (CPOE)