Given the clear relationship between spatial contexts and health, the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics (ICEPHI) aims to serve both the needs of public health researchers and practitioners by contextualizing the health information of large populations. Specifically, ICEPHI will integrate one of the nation’s largest health information exchanges, the Indiana Network for Patient Care, with well-established community information systems that collect, geocode, organize, and present integrated data on communities in Indiana and surrounding states, including data on public safety, welfare, education, economics, and demographics.
Objective
This presentation describes a collaborative approach for realizing the public health potential of a geospatially enabled statewide health information exchange.