Public Health Informatics and Information Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O’Carroll, Patrick W. (Editor), Ripp, Laura H. (Editor), Yasnoff, William A. (Editor), Ward, M. Elizabeth (Editor), Martin, Ernest L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Series: Health Informatics,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health informatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Informatics.

Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what is to come. —Marcus Tullius Cicero Improvements in the health status of communities depend on effective public health and healthcare infrastructures. These infrastructures are increasingly electronic and tied to the Internet. Incorpor...