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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Ignite Presentations: Part I —
Hi everyone,
As a reminder, we have our first round of presentations TODAY at 2:00pm-3:30pm ET. We are looking forward to hearing about your AITT projects!
Today's schedule:
• San Mateo
• El Paso
• Florida-Disease Control
• Virginia
• New York City
• Maryland - Preparedness and Response
• New...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Webinar 5 slides are posted —
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Ignite Presentation Guidelines —
Hi everyone,
Please find attached the guidelines for your team's Ignite presentation. We strongly encourage you to start developing your presentations - we will spend your team’s 3rd check-in call reviewing drafts and providing feedback. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Webinar 5 pre-work has been posted early! —
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Bonny Lewis Van •
"Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions" —
This quote by American entrepreneur Andy Dunn is an interesting perspective on the role of data in evidence-based decision making. He is in a good position to understand the value of data, given the success and eventual purchase of the company he founded. So are you, as a person on the front line...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Webinar 5: Health data use, stewardship, and governance —
Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey to select the topic for the final webinar in this series!
The top vote-getting topic was Health data use, stewardship, and governance.
Thank you as well for all of the additional input on specific aspects that you are interested in learning more ...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Get involved! —
Hello, as mentioned in the webinar providing feedback on regulations or standards is one way to contribute to health IT, and public health informatics.
There is currently a call to comment on
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software
https://www.regulations.gov/document?...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Webinar 5 topic reminder —
Hello Everyone,
Just a reminder, if you haven't already done so, please do complete the SurveyMonkey to select the topic for the final webinar.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XFL7GMP
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Bonny Lewis Van •
W4 pre-work reminder —
Hello everyone. This is just a reminder about webinar 4 pre-work that's due by noon (eastern time) today. Thanks!
The prework can be found in the webinars area, webinar 4 folder. 1 response/team is needed.
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Jessica Arrazola •
Optional webinar: Data Strategies to Advance Health Equity —
Sponsored by the Network for Public Health Law
Data Sharing Strategies to Advance Health Equity
May 16, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST
How can data be used to identify the social determinants that directly impact health outcomes in a community? Join us to examine how a modern information infrastructure, bu...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Time to choose the webinar 5 topic! —
By Tuesday, May 14 at 11:00am EDT
Please complete the survey at the following link to select the final topic for this series of AITT webinars. (time estimate 2 minutes)
AITT June 11, 2019 Webinar Topic Chooser
You can also copy and paste the URL directly into your browser to go directly to th...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
"How to Polish Your Presentation"-Epi Methods Subcommittee Webinar —
Please join the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) on Thursday, April 25 at 1:00 pm EDT for a webinar entitled “How to Polish your Poster Presentation,” hosted by the CSTE Epi Methods Subcommittee.
Our presenter Amanda Jones will provide an overview on preparing and prese...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Free GIS trainings —
Explore free GIS trainings through Esri's MOOC program!
https://www.esri.com/training/mooc/
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Optional Webinar: Data Visualization Tools and Resources —
Hello everyone,
You’re invited to join the PMO Workgroup and other members of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program for a training webinar on Data Visualization Tools & Resources. The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 from 11:00-Noon PT/2:00-3:00 ET. Please find th...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Explore a Legal Bibliography of 100+ Resources to Support Data Sharing Partnerships for Health —
Explore a Legal Bibliography of 100+ Resources to Support Data Sharing Partnerships for Health Sharing data across sectors helps decision-makers better understand and address community health issues, but there are many laws to consider pertaining to the use, storage, and disclosure of data. To h...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Why is there no country-wide electronic Master Person Identifier (MPI) for the U.S.? —
We discussed in Webinar 3 the importance of linking the records for an individual across systems, and the role of an electronic Master Person Index (eMPI) to do so. Creating a unique health identifier was actually included in the original HIPAA legislation draft in 1996, but with privacy concerns...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Final webinar topic(s) —
Remember to give your input on what topic or topics you'd like to be covered in the last webinar. Particular areas you want to learn more about? Something you've tried, or wanted to work with in the past but needed more info?
If it's informatics related, it's fair game to suggest!
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
CSTE Annual Conference —
Hi everyone,
Please comment on this thread if you are planning to attend this year's Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC (June 2-6, 2019). We would like to have an estimate on how many AITT participants will be attending this year.
Please comment regardless if you are using the AITT team learning ...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Drafting SDLC plans —
Now that you’ve had some time to draft your Informatics Projects plans, have you identified specific areas where you will need to develop systems to accomplish the goals of your plan? What additional information or resources do you need to draft your SDLC plan?
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Does anyone have System Development Life Cycle experience? —
Let me know below, and I will get in touch for details! I'd like to incorporate some of YOUR experiences in to the second webinar!
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
PHII Course —
Hi everyone,
This is a last call for the PHII 8 step course. If you have not done so already, please comment on this thread on how many team members from your team will be participating. We are trying to finalize our numbers for PHII.
About the course: Designing and Managing Public Health Info...
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Sarah Boneske •
ELR Data Quality (Minnesota Department of Health) —
The Minnesota Department of Health is focusing on ELR data quality as part of our project. Are any other groups also working on ELR, and do you have tips for monitoring data quality?
Sarah
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Share your System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience! —
We heard your feedback that you'd like more concrete examples in the webinars, with real-world applications. Here's your chance to contribute to Webinar 2! I am interested in your experiences with developing systems in general. I am also particularly interested in experience with 4 aspects of ...
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Jessica Arrazola •
Funding Opportunity —
Consider applying or sharing with your colleagues to apply for up to $25k in funding for mental health and substance abuse surveillance.
CSTE is pleased to announce the release of the attached RFP, “State Public Health Departments to Collect, Analyze and Report CSTE Recommended Surveillance Indi...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Today's Peer to Peer —
Hi everyone,
Please remember to review the presenting teams' materials prior to today's call if you are able - they can be found here. Additionally, you can review the project descriptions here.
We look forward to hearing from everyone.
Best,
Alyaa
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Lois Haggard •
Web Dashboards —
New Mexico plans to develop a web dashboard as part of our project. We noticed that a few other team projects also involved dashboards. The those teams, I'd like to get your input:
The term, "dashboard," can mean a variety of different things. What does the term dashboard mean to you? Are there ...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Getting involved —
During Webinar 1 we asked the question:
Does your organization have a group to which informatics projects need to be proposed or prioritized?
A Strategic Initiatives group, Informatics Governance Group, or similar is often composed of members from all levels of the organization who have an inte...
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Carly Babcock -MDH- •
Working on gauging interest in PHII 8 course... —
Good afternoon Alyaa,
My apologies but I do not have a final tally for the number of team members who want to participate in the PHII 8 steps course yet! I am working on getting a final answer from everyone. Will it be too late to give you an answer next week? Thank you and I appreciate your help...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Need input for Webinar 2 —
We need your help! It is vital that the webinars and the associated materials are meeting your needs. So here is your chance to provide input for the second webinar on System Development Lifecycle. Please comment on what you’d like to see in this webinar! For example you may want to see changes...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Sign up for PHII Course —
Hi everyone,
Please comment on the PHII thread here if your team is interested in participating in the course. Please indicate how many team members will be participating by COB today!
Thanks,
Alyaa
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Optional Webinar: Leading Community Groups —
Register here
Date and Time:
TODAY, February 13, 2019
1 pm - 2:30 pm EST
COST: FREE
Description:
This first part of a 2-part NSSP CoP Expert Panel Webinar Series tackles the question on what it means to be a leader of a community group. Hear from current leaders on how they transitioned from b...
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Bonny Lewis Van •
Project planning steps —
There were more responses on Survey Monkey for the order of pre-planning than I could include on the slides. I wanted to share those with you. Along the top are the order that someone selected that step to be. For instance 11 people said that "Establish Vision and Deliverables" should be the 3r...
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Jessica Arrazola •
Interested in the PHII 8 steps course? —
CSTE is working with PHII to offer the 8 steps course at a discount (as low as $525 per person) for AITT trainees. Please comment on this thread if your team would be interested in participating and how many teammates would like to participate. More details about the course below. The date of ...
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💰 Stipend/Budget by
Rebecca Early •
💰 Stipend Spending —
Hi Alyaa and Sunbal,
Can the stipend be used to purchase a training that will occur toward the end of the AITT period? For example, we would like to take the 8 steps program toward the end, as the AITT webinars will keep us busy.
Rebecca
Virginia
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Sign-up for calls and presentations! —
Hi teams,
Please complete the following by TOMORROW, Wednesday, Feb 6th:
• Sign up for a peer to peer call here
• Sign up for a check-in call time here (If none of these times work for your team, please send me your availability).
• Sign up for an ignite presentation date here (either July 9th ...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Program Schedule & Contracts —
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for completing the poll. Please review the program schedule with the dates and team activities required for AITT participation. You can also find this information on the Basecamp schedule. [AITT 2019 Program Schedule and Team Activities.docx]
Please sign up HERE for a...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Training Opportunities —
Hi everyone,
If your team is interested in other informatics trainings (courses/conferences/in-person trainings, books, etc), we have compiled a list of trainings that are offered through different organizations. We have also included recommendations from last year's AITT participants. Please t...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Last year's webinars —
Hi AITT participants,
The webinars from last year's cohort are posted on the CSTE webinar library.
The webinars are titled the following:
1. Key Concepts and Terminology in Public Health Informatics
2. Data Management for Public Health
3. Evaluation for Public Health Informatics
4. Communicati...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Poll: Webinars and Peer to Peer calls —
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for joining the call earlier today. It was great meeting you all (virtually) and learning more about your projects. As mentioned during the call, we will be selecting the times for the webinars and peer to peer calls based upon the majority of the team's availability. P...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Submit Team Photos! —
Hi everyone,
This is a friendly reminder to please email me (informaticstraining@cste.org) your team photo to me by tomorrow COB! They will be included in our orientation presentation!
Thanks!
Alyaa
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
AITT Orientation —
Hello AITT Participants!
Thank you all for completing the Doodle. The AITT orientation is scheduled for January 22nd at 1:00pm EST as this time worked for the most teams. For teams who did not select time, please let me know if at least one person from you team can join during this time. We wil...
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