Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 1st September, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- Public Health Reporting Rethought By Pilot Project Standardization effort aims to make patient health data in EHRs easier for public health agencies to access, so they can respond more quickly to infectious disease outbreaks. By Nicole Lewis,  InformationWeek August 23, 2012 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/clinical-systems/public-health-reporting-rethought-by-pil/240006097 Preliminary results of a pilot project testing standardized reporting of public health information from electronic health records (EHRs) reveals that by using templates for clinical data, public health officials can improve the quality and coordination of care as they try to contain problems such as West Nile Virus,...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.