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Public health informatics has been defined as the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning.[1] It is one of the subdomains of health informatics, data management applied to medical systems.
The structure of public health informatics data collection and management in the United States is divided among both the federal and state levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the department at the federal level, and locally, it belongs to the state departments of health.[2] These programs have standardized the reporting of digital health data by hospitals and clinics. The government departments can then gather this data, analyze it, and use it for a variety of purposes. Such purposes typically fall under the three major domains of public health informatics: understanding more about complex processes that occur, storing a record of public health data, and analyzing and publicizing a general version of gathered data for public consumption. Additionally, data collected from social media can also be included in these processes, refining its accuracy.[3]
Job opportunities in this field include positions with the CDC and the American Medical Informatics Association, which provides more information about informatics for professionals in medical fields.
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