From Numbers to Outcomes: Data Resources for Public Health

From Numbers to Outcomes: Resources and Utilization

IDPH Future Plans

Data Use Agreements

Data Sharing Agreements

Agreements for sharing data between the Iowa Department of Public Health and external entities

Public Health Tracking Portal

Heat-related illnesses

ED visits- asthma

Enhancements to existing components

CO, air and water quality, asthma, cancer

County health snapshots

Completing the Department Blueprint for Informatics

Cultivating relationships with researchers and health care

Case Study

Dental Community Health Indicators

1) The ability of patients to tolerate dental care and necessary modifications to prepare for uneventful treatment

Antibiotics for patients with heart valves

2) Many diseases and disorders have effects on oral health

Periodontal disease is more prevalent in patients with poorly controlled diabetes

Oral lesions may assist in diagnosis and staging of HIV

3) Oral infection, specifically periodontal disease, is a risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, adverse obstetric outcomes, respiratory diseases, and systemic inflammatory burden

4) The aging US population

Medicare does not provide general dental benefits

Medicaid provides limited benefits

Public Health Challenge

Case Study

Dental Community Health Indicators

Outpatient encounters (statewide outpatient data)

Inpatient encounters (statewide inpatient data)

2003-2008

120,000 visits where the primary diagnosis code was between 520-528.9

http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/uploads/IHAWP%20dental%20plan%20DRAFT%2010%201%2013.pdf

Making that transition from "Consumers" to "Brokers"

Recognizing and PROVING our expertise

Case Study

Home Visitation Crib Provision Program

Inserting ourselves in the conversations that matter

Iowa Child Death Review Team (I-CDRT)

Review of sleep-related deaths

I-CDRT Annual report

MIECHV program (Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation program)

Serves families at the county level

Provides home visitation services to low-income families with newborns

Forming new and powerful alliances

Equipping emerging public health professionals with skills in informatics

Public Health Tracking Portal Use Cases

Research Agreements

Research Agreements

Requests for use of data in research projects

Hospital community health assessments

Local public health agency CHNA/HIP

Community health planning

General public education

Academia

Legislators

Health care

Core Criterion:

 The department possesses the legal authority to release or withhold the data requested.

 Knowledge gained from this research agreement must contribute to the understanding of health conditions or to an issue related to public health and be of intrinsic value to the people of Iowa. Must be bona fide research and not conducted for personal gain. The application of this requirement also applies to health statistics data.

 Data requested must be used for research purposes only. The data may not be transferred or reused by the Primary Investigator (PI) without seeking explicit and additional approval of the RERC. IDPH data may never be given or sold by a PI or other person(s) or entities, unless authorized by the original agreement

 Research must include ethical and legal considerations within the study design.

 Research must include realistic outcomes or goals.

IDPH Research and Ethics Review Committee- rerc@idph.iowa.gov

Iowa Department of Public Health Data Resources

Dataset catalog

Data Dictionaries

Variable lists