Environmental Health
Knowledge Management Project (EHKMP)
2005 - 2010
The Environmental Health Knowledge Management Project (EHKMP) is an initiative to improve the
collection and sharing of environmental health information on a statewide
basis.
Roadmap
for Action |
Goal |
Improve the environmental health
services that Minnesotans receive through strategic application
and management of environmental health information
on a statewide basis. |
| Strategies |
INTEGRATE
information to support and improve environmental health practice
in all state and local agencies providing environmental health
services. |
INTERCONNECT
local, tribal, state, federal and other key partners to support
electronic exchange of environmental health information. |
INFORM
Consumers and the regulated community by making environmental
health information and knowledge available to them. |
| Action Steps |
- Engage stakeholders.
- Describe the benefits of sharing environmental health information.
- Define performance measures.
- Determine what information needs to be shared.
- Determine how information will be shared.
- Address impacts or constraints along the way.
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| Deliverables |
The EHKMP Steering Committee
will approve and endorse “Action Plans” that
will provide a framework for improving the collection and
sharing of environmental health information on a statewide
basis.
- The EHKMP Steering Committee will select
specific environmental health subject areas that will be
addressed in the “Action
Plans”, and Working Groups for subject areas will
be formed.
- Under the guidance of the EHKMP Steering Committee,
Working Groups will:
- identify and define common data elements
that should be collected throughout the state,
- explore options
for sharing information on a statewide basis; and,
- develop “Action
Plans”, including
recommendations for follow-up implementation
strategies, for presentation to the EHKMP Steering
Committee.
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| Project Manager: Minnesota
Department of Health, Environmental Health Division (EHD) |
| Project Sponsor: Minnesota Public Health Information Network (MN-PHIN) 2005-2008 |
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