title: Air, water, places, and data--public health in the information age.
abstract: This article discusses the implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the National Health Information Infrastructure project of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, and other standard development initiatives for future public health information systems.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lumpkin
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D011635:Public Health Administration; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States