Population Health Monitoring Climbing the Information Pyramid /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Verschuuren, Marieke (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), van Oers, Hans (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public health.; Health informatics.; Medical policy.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Public Health.; Health Informatics.; Health Policy.; Health Care Management.

This timely volume presents an in-depth tour of population health monitoring-what it is, what it does, and why it has become increasingly important to health information systems across Europe. Introductory chapters ground readers in the structures of health information systems, and the main theoreti...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Health Information Systems.-Conceptual Models for Public Health Monitoring
• Data Sources
• Knowledge Synthesis
• Health Reporting
• Knowledge Transfer
• Population Health Monitoring and Other Health Assessments
• Opportunities and Challenges.