Health Informatics
ICF International is a leading provider of health information technology
services for the largest government agencies involved in improving U.S. citizen health and welfare. Our public health subject matter
experts and IT professionals support numerous initiatives within the spectrum
of health informatics services, including highly successful projects involving
bioinformatics, genomics, scientific computer modeling and simulation, public
health paperless information management and program support, and grants management
systems. ICF’s health IT services encompass software engineering, systems
integration, Web application development, database development and multi-dimensional
analysis, systems operations, and maintenance and IT outsourcing.
ICF collaborates with multiple organizations within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Institutes and Centers (ICs)
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on numerous health informatics
projects devoted to health research, information dissemination, and the development
of information systems to support public health initiatives. Highlights of our health informatics expertise include:
Health informatics combines the disciplines of information science, computer
science, and health domain expertise to maximize resources, devices, and
methods facilitating the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of health
and biomedical information. Health informatics techniques are used to provide
essential information to decision makers, improve the connection between
researchers and data and healthcare providers and patients, and facilitate
transparency between health agencies and the public.
Health informatics resources are not just computers; they include the effective
management of funds and information and communication systems. Health informatics
techniques may be applied to healthcare domains such as nursing, clinical
care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, biomedical research, and clinical
guidelines and formal medical terminologies.
Health informatics encompasses a range of services, including:
- Development of information systems to manage transactions, provide access
to research and laboratory results, and perform longitudinal data analysis
- Direct access to clinical and public health data for research
- Decision support, knowledge management, and data mining
- Consumer and public health information warehousing and dissemination
- Patient education, technical assistance, and training
ICF has proven expertise in protecting patient privacy in accordance
with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards
and in safeguarding other Personally Identifiable Information (PII). ICF health
informatics software development and management processes achieved CMMI Level
3 certification from independent Software Engineering Institute (SEI) authorized
appraisers.
