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Integrated Child Health Information Systems
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Overview
State public health departments collect information on the health of infants
and children through a variety of information systems. However, these systems
often operate in isolation of each other, limiting providers’ ability
to access data important to delivering comprehensive and coordinated care.
To address this problem, HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
is sponsoring the Integrated Newborn Screening Information Systems Initiative
which funds States to develop their public health infrastructure by improving
linkages between newborn screening and other child health-related programs.
This Dataspeak program will provide an overview of MCHB’s activities
to promote integrated child health information systems including newborn
screening. State-level activities toward this goal will be highlighted
through participation of State officials and a representative of All Kids
Count who will describe best practices among seven states funded by the
MCHB to integrate newborn screening information with other early childhood
health information systems.
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