All
Kids Count is
funded by
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF)
to foster development of
information systems that improve
children’s health. From 1992
to 2000, RWJF funded projects in
cities, counties and states
across the country to develop
computerized immunization
registries that included
accurate, up-to-date information
on all doses of all vaccines for
all children in the community.
Under the guidance of All Kids
Count, their goal was to
demonstrate the ability of these
projects to help manage
immunization information and
sustain immunization rates.
 All
Kids
Count
is
now building on this experience.
In Fall 2000, it began a
three-year effort that expands
its focus to address systems
that link or integrate data
about multiple health services
for our youngest children. The
goal of the current All Kids
Count program is to develop a
“roadmap” on how to develop
information systems that help
ensure timely delivery of health
services and follow-up. As a
strategy to develop the body of
knowledge about integrated child
health information systems, All
Kids Count has launched a
community of practice to enable
public health practitioners to
share their knowledge about
development of these systems.
Approximately 25 public health
practitioners currently
participate in the Integrated
Child Health Information Systems
community of practice. All Kids
Count brings them together
"face-to-face" at site
visits and workshops, and
through
www.connectionszone.org,
an online "meeting
place" that provides a
powerful package of tools for
synchronous and asynchronous
collaboration.
The
Integrated Child Health
Information Systems community of
practice is part of
Connections, a program
developed by the Center for
Innovation in Health Information
SystemsTM to assist public
health practitioners in sharing
their knowledge with their
peers, accelerating solutions to
everyday and extraordinary
problems. Connections links
public health practitioners
across the country, enabling
them to share insights, seek
help from experts, find answers
together and develop innovative
approaches to a variety of
public health problems.
Visit http://www.allkidscount.org/connections-akc.html
to learn more about the
Integrated Child Health
Information Systems community of
practice.
All
Kids Count is
a component of The
Center for Innovation in Health
Information Systems,
which helps
public health organizations to
become skilled in developing and
implementing information systems
that improve the health and
well-being of individuals and
the communities they serve.
Center for Innovation in Health Information Systems™
750
Commerce
Drive,
Suite
400
•
Decatur,
Georgia
30030
TEL:
1.800.874.4338
•
FAX:
1.800.765.7520
Center
for
Innovation
in
Health
Information
Systems™
is
a
component
of
The
Task
Force
for
Child
Survival
and
Development,
Atlanta,
Georgia
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Center
for
Innovation
in
Health
Information
Systems™,
2001.
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rights
reserved.
Last
updated
11-23-01
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