Beyond Public Health Data Silos
How do local health departments document and manage overlapping programs? A standardized taxonomy (Omaha System) and reduction of number of systems can ease the burden for public health departments.
Public Health Departments Need a Community-Health Centric EHR
Electronic forms that are built, published and read back into an EHR create a paperless experience for clients and less data entry for staff.
Streamlining Reproductive Health Management With Nightingale Notes EHR
Electronic forms that are built, published and read back into an EHR create a paperless experience for clients and less data entry for staff.
Does Your EHR Align With The Public Health Data Strategy?
An EHR designed for local health departments should support data capture, storage, and reporting to align with the Public Health Data Strategy
Enhancing Public Health Through Effective Data Management
Dr. Karen Monsen, an expert in the field of nursing informatics and the Omaha System presented about how standardized data proves outcomes, why data management is essential and gave a use case example.
The Big 5 Drugs Used by Youth and Trends to Be Aware Of
In March of 2024, Thad Shunkwiler, LMFT, LPCC, ACS, CCMHC presented at one of Champ Software’s Expert Webinars, examining drug use trends among adolescents and the impact of drug use on the physical and psychological well-being of the user as well as prevention and intervention strategies public health professionals and others can employ to address this issue.
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Strategies for Public Health
Tanya Carter is the Suicide Prevention Supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health, with over 20 years of experience in community education program development and crisis intervention. She is passionate about suicide prevention and reducing the stigma related to mental illness.
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Outcomes Data and Standardized Terminology, Part 2
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series covering a presentation made at the Michigan Premier Public Health Conference in 2017 by Karen A. Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Dr. Monsen describes her experience, working with social behavioral determinants of health outcomes data.