title: Principles and core functions of integrated child health information systems.
abstract: Infants undergo a series of preventive and therapeutic health interventions and activities. Typically, each activity includes collection and submission of data to a dedicated information system. Subsequently, health care providers, families, and health programs must query each information system to determine the child's status in a given area. Efforts are underway to integrate information in these separate information systems. This requires specifying the core functions that integrated information systems must perform.
authors.affiliation: All Kids Count, Public Health Informatics Institute, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Decatur, GA 30030, USA. ahinman@taskforce.org
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hinman
authors.forename: Delton
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Tonya Norvell
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Diehn
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eichwald
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heberer
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoyle
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kossack
authors.forename: Donna C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033142:Genetic Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D040442:Public Health Informatics; D012042:Registries; D018511:Systems Integration