The Georgia Information Network for Public Health Officials (INPHO): a demonstration of the CDC INPHO concept

The Georgia Division of Public Health is serving as the first demonstration model of a statewide implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Information Network for Public Health Officials. The goals of the project are to make communication easy, to make information accessible, and to make data exchange as swift and as smooth as technology will allow. By having a state-of-the-art telecommunications network, public health officials will be able to rapidly collect health data and transform them into meaningful health status information that can be used to inform health policy decisions. The Georgia Information Network for Public Health Officials is a unique consortium of private and public sector partners funded with a grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. The project will install the telecommunications infrastructure and the supporting software to position Georgia public health as the health information leader of the state.