RFA Announced
HHS and CDC have released an RFA titled Planning and Development of Regional Surveillance Collaboratives. An FAQ is now available for this document.  More >>

Announcement of New Director
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Leslie Lenert, M.D., M.S., as Director of CDC’s National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) in the Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service (CCHIS). In this new role, Dr. Lenert will provide critical leadership in the application of information, computer science, and technology to improve public health practice, research, and learning. More >>

NCPHI Request for Proposal To Accelerate Public Health Situational Awareness Through Health Information Exchanges
The National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) is in the process of developing a request for proposals to support public health situational awareness through establishing, and/or enhancing public health services (data exchange, analysis, etc.) in existing Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). April 2007 More >>

Public Health Smartens Up
CDC’s National Center for Public Health Informatics aims to help public health organizations prepare data-handling systems for a national health information exchange, 10/9/06  More >>
(Source, Government Health IT)