Healthcare Tech: Information System in Healthcare & Public Health

This essay explores the critical role of information systems in enhancing public health nursing practices, focusing on leveraging national and local data for proactive healthcare interventions. It highlights the use of electronic databases like the Influenza Virus Database for rapid identification of emergent variants and the consultation of public health department websites for outbreak data. The essay further emphasizes the importance of researching previous inoculation programs through resources like the World Health Organization website and epidemiological studies to inform effective mass immunization campaigns. It concludes by underscoring the significance of disseminating collected evidence through various channels, including mass media and stakeholder communication, to ensure the secure exchange of health-related information and improve overall community health outcomes. Desklib provides access to similar essays and resources for students.

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The role of a public health nurse requires them no advocate fighting, with the aim of
making the community healthier (Maurer & Smith, 2013). This, there is a need recognize the
scope of the problem with the use of national and local statistics and data.
Data will be collected from the Influenza Virus Database, an electronic database that
provides the opportunity to draw comparisons between strains of influenza virus, which in
turn will help in the rapid identification of the emergent variant, and facilitate the process of
appropriate vaccine development and administration (Zhang et al., 2016). The website of the
department of public health and environment, of the affected area will be consulted for
gathering information on reports of previous influenza instances, the outbreak rates, number
of people who had been hospitalized and the cases that resulted in death of the residents
(Jones et al., 2014).
Extensive research will also be carried out with the help of electronic databases that
will allow collection of information regarding the success of previous inoculation programs
that were conducted with the aim of eradicating the identified disease from other
communities. The website of World Health Organization will greatly facilitate in locating
data about such mass immunization campaigns (Bustreo, Okwo-Bele & Kamara, 2015).
Epidemiological studies will also help in evaluating the effectiveness of these mass
vaccination programs.
The collected evidence will be disseminated to the community with the help of mass
media campaigns, holding conferences, seminars, making presentations and maintaining
regular communication with the program staff and key stakeholders. Thus, computerized
systems will allow the secured exchange of health realted information, with respect to the
influenza strain that has been recognized.

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