Public Health Informatics
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Abortion reporting regulation information:
Reports & Statistics:
- 2010 Selected Special Statistics, Stillbirths and Infant Deaths, Kansas
- 2011 Abortions in Kansas: Preliminary Reports
- 2010 Adolescent and Teenage Pregnancy Summary
- 2010 Prenatal Care Index
- 2010 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics
- 25 Most Requested Kansas Annual Statistical Tables
- Infant Mortality Kansas, 2010 Provisional Findings
Public Health Informatics collects, maintains, and analyzes a wide spectrum of information and data in order to provide reliable statistics to program managers, policy makers, health departments and the public. These data represent the basis for agency programs to improve birth outcomes, decrease infant mortality, identify mortality trends, decrease the spread of infectious diseases, and support community health assessment.
The Office of Vital Statistics records births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and divorces occurring in the state. It makes certified copies of those records available to legally entitled individuals.
The Technical Research & Reporting Section addresses the public health needs for Kansas hospital discharge and Medicaid data and provides technical support for the Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics. The section is also a clearinghouse for technical writing and publication review. The goal is to develop documents and review Bureau publications and grant applications for consistency and writing accuracy.
Vital Statistics Data Analysis collects abortion data for KDHE and analyzes all vital event data producing reports such as the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics.
Kansas Information for Communities (KIC) supports health assessment activities by providing a data query tool, static data tables, and links to other sources of information on public health data and community health assessment. Birth, death, pregnancy outcomes, cancer, population and hospital discharge are among the datasets available in KIC query.
Healthcare-Associated Infections works address an issue that is the source of complications for an estimated five to 10% of all hospital admissions. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) remain a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and excess medical cost in the United States. The program is working to establish a state HAI surveillance, prevention, and control program
Infectious Disease Data Services maintains the Kansas Electronic Data Surveillance System (KS-EDSS) working with labs, physicians, and local health departments to record and track Kansas reportable disease cases.
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