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Article: Public Health Informatics Institute Receives $3.2 Million Grant From The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Collaboration Is Key to Advancing Public Health Information Infrastructure.
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- September 20, 2004
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Byline: Public Health Informatics Institute
DECATUR, Ga., Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Public Health Informatics Institute has been awarded a two-year, $3.2 million grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to advance public health practitioners' ability to strategically apply and manage information systems.
The goal of the non-profit Public Health Informatics Institute (the Institute) is public health agencies' broad-based adoption of a collaborative approach to developing information systems. Local, state, and federal public health officials use these systems to manage information critical to detection, prevention, and response to ...