Welcome to the PHIN Community!
Communities of Practice (CoPs) are working to strengthen the
Public Health Information Network (PHIN) as members collaborate, share, and focus on issues prioritized by the PHIN Community. The PHIN Community provides a participatory environment for members to learn, share expertise, and develop informatics solutions to improve public health’s capacity to use and exchange information electronically.
Communities of Practice are open to everyone, easy to join, and your level of commitment is up to you. Based on the feedback received from public health and information technology partners, a collaborative approach toward implementing PHIN is needed. CoPs provide that collaborative framework, enabling PHIN members to work together to identify and leverage best practices and standards for public health, information technology, and informatics as they relate to PHIN. Your involvement in a PHIN CoP will not only help set PHIN priorities, but also assist in strengthening and shaping the future of PHIN.
Your feedback will help expand and improve the PHIN CoPs. Please provide comments or feedback by completing the form on the Contact Us page, or by sending an email to
phin@cdc.gov. To learn more about existing PHIN Communities of Practice,
visit here. To Join a CoP, please complete the
online form here.
CoP Resource Kit Quick Links
- Introduction to Communities of Practice
- Find out what a CoP is, the CoP approach, benefits of joining a CoP, roles and responsibilities within a CoP, and read success stories from current communities.
- PHIN Communities of Practice Framework
- Get an explanation of the PHIN CoP structure, including the PHIN Community, PHIN CoPs, PHIN CoP Council, and the PHIN CoP Program.
- Aligning with PHIN
- Are you part of a CoP? If so, determine how your CoP can align with the PHIN Community.
- Launch and Sustain a Community of Practice
- From starting a CoP to ensuring the success of an existing community - Find out how to Plan, Launch, Sustain, and Evolve a CoP.
- Evaluate
- Read about the importance of evaluation, the PHIN evaluation approach, and how to successfully conduct an evaluation for your CoP.
- Glossary
- Explanations of terms related to CoPs in general and those specific to the PHIN Community.
- References
- Sources used for this Resource Kit as well as a collection of other books, web sites, and information related to CoPs.
- Resources
- Provides downloadable and customizable templates, guides, and examples of documents commonly used by new and existing CoPs.
