Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 Apr 19;30(5):1000-1005. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad033.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed multiple weaknesses in the nation's public health system. Therefore, the American College of Medical Informatics selected "Rebuilding the Nation's Public Health Informatics Infrastructure" as the theme for its annual symposium. Experts in biomedical informatics and public health discussed strategies to strengthen the US public health information infrastructure through policy, education, research, and development. This article summarizes policy recommendations for the biomedical informatics community postpandemic. First, the nation must perceive the health data infrastructure to be a matter of national security. The nation must further invest significantly more in its health data infrastructure. Investments should include the education and training of the public health workforce as informaticians in this domain are currently limited. Finally, investments should strengthen and expand health data utilities that increasingly play a critical role in exchanging information across public health and healthcare organizations.
新冠疫情暴露出美国公共卫生系统的多个弱点。因此，美国医学信息学院选择“重建国家公共卫生信息学基础设施”作为其年度研讨会的主题。生物医学信息学和公共卫生方面的专家讨论了通过政策、教育、研究和开发来加强美国公共卫生信息基础设施的策略。本文总结了后疫情时代生物医学信息学界的政策建议。首先，国家必须将健康数据基础设施视为国家安全问题。国家必须进一步在其健康数据基础设施上投入大量资金。投资应包括对公共卫生劳动力的教育和培训，因为目前在这一领域从事信息学工作的人员有限。最后，投资应加强和扩大健康数据实用程序，这些实用程序在跨公共卫生和医疗保健组织交换信息方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。
