TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Public Health Informatics A1 - Zheng, Kai A1 - Zhao, Junying A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - The ability to collect, process, and act upon data is central to the mission of public health. In the past several decades, the advancement in informatics, particularly in the areas of electronic data exchange and advanced data analytics, has afforded public health workers and academicians an unprecedented set of tools to assemble and make sense of large volumes of data from diverse settings. This capability is further extended thanks to the now nearly ubiquitous adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in U.S. hospitals and clinics,1,2 higher performance computing and faster computer networks, and increased citizen participation in public health activities on social media. In this digital era, informatics has undoubtedly become a core competency for leaders and practitioners in public and population health. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182681392 ER -