Resource Kit
Overview of PHIN Communities of Practice
This section provides you with an overview of the PHIN Communities of Practice components and the responsibilities of each. The components are:
- PHIN Community
The Public Health Information Network (PHIN) strives to improve public health use and exchange of information by promoting the use of standards and technical requirements. The PHIN Community is comprised of individuals with the interest and passion to work toward improving PHIN. The Community strives to provide an equitable, participatory environment for PHIN members to learn, share expertise, and collaboratively develop solutions to improve the public health’s information exchange capacity.
- PHIN CoPs
The PHIN Community supports a collection of CoPs that focus on specific functional and technical areas key to PHIN. These groups, called PHIN Communities of Practice, are comprised of members with interests and passions for working toward the development of new technology and best practices specific to a particular domain.
- PHIN Communities of Practice Council
The PHIN Communities of Practice Council (CoPC) functions in an advisory and guidance capacity. The Council is responsible for identifying cross collaborations among communities, setting priorities and suggesting CoP programmatic improvements to further enhance the PHIN Community. The guidance and assistance provided by the CoPC will maximize the potential of the PHIN CoPs and the PHIN Community to strengthen PHIN. The CoPC is comprised of representatives from each of the PHIN CoPs.
- PHIN Communities of Practice Program
The Communities of Practice Program (CoPP) is comprised of a team of people supported by CDC who are knowledgeable and trained in the areas of CoP methodology, communication, education, collaboration technology, and evaluation. The team supports and guides the PHIN Community and all PHIN CoPs by providing facilitation, oversight, and reporting on activities of the PHIN Community and PHIN CoPs.
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