July 27-28, 2023 • Savannah, GA • ARMSTRONG CENTER, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Have you been wanting to expand your knowledge about Health Informatics in a concentrated way to enhance your work and partnerships in public health?
Join us for this two half-day workshop in beautiful Savannah, Georgia and enjoy the city and beach as well. Come learn about the capacity to gather, improve, and utilize information technology and information systems that are fundamental to all activities and services of community health, local, and state public health agencies. Modern public health and community health organizations can be effective and efficient using the competencies discussed in the goals of this workshop.
July 27-28, 2023 • Savannah, GA • ARMSTRONG CENTER, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Who should attend:
All public health professionals that are responsible for decision-making and service provision will benefit from the workshop. Those professionals may include policymakers, decision makers, public health and healthcare coordinators, surveillance, and health education staff, informaticians, epidemiologists, and data scientists.
Objectives for the training:
- Describe the core concepts of public health information systems and informatics
- Discuss an overview and the phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Recognize the emerging role of informatics in public health surveillance, partner engagement, and quality improvement
- Identify the need for public health informatics professionals in the 21st century
- Explore various geographic information system mapping and health data visualization techniques