Leveraging health informatics to foster a smart systems response to health disparities and health equity challenges |
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Institution: | 1. University of North Carolina, The Gillings School of Global Public Health, 1101-C McGavran-Greenberg Bldg., CB 7411, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411, United States;2. University of North Carolina, The Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, 302 Rosenau Hall, CB #7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411, United States |
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Abstract: | Informaticians are challenged to design health information technology (IT) solutions for complex problems, such as health disparities, but are achieving mixed results in demonstrating a direct impact on health outcomes. This presentation of collective intelligence and the corresponding terms of smart health, knowledge ecosystem, enhanced health disparities informatics capacities, knowledge exchange, big-data, and situational awareness are a means of demonstrating the complex challenges informatics professionals face in trying to model, measure, and manage an intelligent and smart systems response to health disparities. A critical piece in our understanding of collective intelligence for public and population health rests in our understanding of public and population health as a living and evolving network of individuals, organizations, and resources. This discussion represents a step in advancing the conversation of what a smart response to health disparities should represent and how informatics can drive the design of intelligent systems to assist in eliminating health disparities and achieving health equity. |
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Keywords: | Health disparities Health inequities Population health Technology assessment Smart health Knowledge exchange Learning health system |
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