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Kelley Chester1, Barbara L Massoudi, Gulzar H Shah
1C3 Informatics, LLC, Milton, Georgia (Dr Chester); eHealth, Quality Measurement and Health Data Analytics Division, RTI International, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Massoudi); and Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia (Dr Shah).
Background:
Despite improvements in information technology (IT) infrastructure in public health, there is still much that can be done to improve the adoption of IT in state and local health departments, by better understanding the impact of governance and control structures of physical infrastructure.
Objective:
To report out the current status of the physical infrastructure control of local health departments (LHDs) and to determine whether there is a significant association between an LHD's governance status and control of the physical infrastructure components.
Design:
Data came from the 2015 Informatics Capacity and Needs Assessment Survey, conducted by Georgia Southern University in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Participants:
A total of 324 LHDs from all 50 states completed the survey (response rate: 50%).
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Outcome measures included control of LHD physical infrastructure components. Predictors of interest included LHD governance category.
Results:
The majority of the control of the physical infrastructure components in LHDs resides in external entities. The type of governance structure of the LHD is significantly associated with the control of infrastructure.
Conclusions:
Additional research is needed to determine best practices in IT governance and control of physical infrastructure for public health.
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