A proposed national research and development agenda for population health informatics: summary recommendations from a national expert workshop.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Johns Hopkins Center for Population Health IT hosted a 1-day symposium sponsored by the National Library of Medicine to help develop a national research and development (R&D) agenda for the emerging field of population health informatics (PopHI).

Material and methods

The symposium provided a venue for national experts to brainstorm, identify, discuss, and prioritize the top challenges and opportunities in the PopHI field, as well as R&D areas to address these.

Results

This manuscript summarizes the findings of the PopHI symposium. The symposium participants' recommendations have been categorized into 13 overarching themes, including policy alignment, data governance, sustainability and incentives, and standards/interoperability.

Discussion

The pro

SUBMITTER: Kharrazi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5201177 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature