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PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Health and Human Services Information Technology

Information technology has transformed the way we bank, shop, and learn. However, we are only just beginning to harness the power of information technology in health and human services delivery. Although the healthcare industry is one of the largest and most rapidly growing sectors of American society, there has been little use of information technology to coordinate care among organizations providing services to patients. The Public Policy Center is working with partners to develop models for securely exchanging clinical data among health care providers. Information technology standards make it possible for disparate organizations to share data. In human services, the Public Policy Center has helped develop national standards for information and referral organizations (such as 2-1-1 call centers) so that people may better navigate the sometimes-confusing network of human services agencies in their communities. The Center examined the organization and impacts of 2-1-1 call centers across the United States.

Health and Human Services Information Technology Projects
Human Services Information Technology Publications

Shank, N. (2006). 2-1-1 in the mid south delta. PDF File

Shank, N., A Review of the Role of Cost–Benefit Analyses in 2-1-1 Diffusion, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(6S5), S497-S505.

Shank, N. (2012). Behavioral health providers’ beliefs about health information exchange: A statewide survey. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19(4), 562-569. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000374 PDF File

Cottingham, I., Kutsch, B., & Shank, N. (2008). A case study in data sharing: 211 helplink and the AIRS XSD.

Shank, N., Willborn, E., PytlikZillig, L., & Noel, H. (2012). Electronic health records: Eliciting behavioral health providers’ beliefs. Community Mental Health Journal, 48 (2), 249-254. doi:10.1007/s10597-011-9409-6PDF File

Shank, N. & Rosenbaum, D. (2003). Examining the potential benefits of a 2-1-1 system: Quantitative and other factors. Information & Referral, 25, 1-25.

Shank, N. Examining the role of cost benefit analyses in the diffusion of 2-1-1. (In press). American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

Shank, N., Woods, K., Lazarus, S., & Willborn, E. (2009). Health information exchange: A frontier model.PDF File

Shank, N. University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. (2000). Nebraska 211 System cost/benefit analysis. PDF File

Shank, N. (2005). Panhandle regional health information exchange plan. PDF File

Shank, N., Chadron Community Hospital. (2005). Regional health records for frontier communities. PDF File

Sharing Health Records Electronically: Background. Abdel-Monam, Tarik, Herian, Mitch. (2008 December 11).

Sharing Health Records Electronically: Final Report. Abdel-Monem, Tarik, Herian, Mitch. (2008 December 11).

Shank, N. Alliance of Information and Referral Systems. (2004). Sharing resource databases. PDF File

Richter, E.M., Voss, A., Barba, M., Wiener, R.L. & Shank, N. (2006). The Effectiveness of Online Government: An Analysis of Nebraska’s 2-1-1 Website. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, California.

Herian, M. N., Shank, N., & Abdel-Monem, T. (in press). Trust in government and support for governmental regulation: The case of electronic medical records. Health Expectations. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00803.x

Shank, N. (2009). U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Understanding human services utilization: opportunities for data sharing between federally funded programs.

Western Nebraska Health Information Exchange Network Public Health Reporting - Schematics and Matrix. (2007 May). PDF File

Wide River Technology Extension Center Health Information Technology Workforce Development Initiative Final Project Report. (August 2012).
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