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bobthebuilder

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The public health supply chain needs to evolve to an information ecology approach for the future direction. This would involve:
 
  a. standardizing public health supplies and suppliers.
  b. being partners with others to receive, reuse, and republish data.
  c. allowing public health departments to exclude data sharing to protect patient privacy.
  d. allowing public health departments to include data sharing to protect patient privacy.

Question 2

Public health could benefit from improved technical architectures in the future. Which of these is not a likely technology for the future?
 
  a. Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
  b. Software as a service (SaaS)
  c. Open source methods such as OpenELS or OpenMRS
  d. Mobile devices such as the iPhone



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Information ecology involves the reuse and sharing of data.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
While mobile devices are popular, they are not considered infrastructure and they do not allow sharing between device manufacturers, the very function that public health would require.





 

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