July 28 2004

The Public Health Informatics Institute is a program of The Task Force for Global Health, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. In 2014, The Task Force celebrates its 30th year as an organization that convenes partners to leverage resources towards solving unaddressed health needs globally.

The Public Health Informatics Institute a program of The Task Force.

Type of Business

•Non-profit, affiliated with Emory University. •The Task Force manages over $1.2 billion per year in donated pharmaceuticals for NTDs from our donor partners (Merck, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GSK).

PHII Overview:

The Public Health Informatics Institute •PHII is the “informatics arm” of the Task Force under the Health Systems Strengthening sector.•18 employees, 25 current projects, $7M•Specializes in defining requirements for information systems development•Supports practitioner training through Informatics Academy•Disseminate effective practices through learning communities and direct technical assistance •Strong focus on open source tools and practices

Motivation for Joining Open Health Tools•Organizational alignment with the philosophy of “open source.”•Helps us to promote our understanding that common technical requirements supports adoption of information solutions built upon foundation of open architectures designed with interoperability in mind.•May provide a platform from which we can disseminate open source products

Solutions ImplementedWe don’t develop IT solutions. We partner with those who do. We publish our functional requirements and technical specification documents to promote greater awareness of public health/population health information needs for open solutions.

Involvement with Open Health ToolsWe can be advocates. We need to learn from you. We need to know how to help our clients benefit from OHT’s work.

Links to Products or Serviceswww.phii.org @PHInformatics http://www.phii.org/resources/browse/topics

www.taskforce.org

Company OverviewCompany OverviewBusiness US-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation

Headquarters 325 Swanton Way, Decatur, GA 30030

Offices Ethiopia and consultants in 60+ countries

Employees <100 worldwide + ~100 consultants worldwide

Founded June 1984

FinancialStrength

$1.8 B - Annual Expenses, includes value of donated medicines

~$35-40 million staff operating budget

Customers Ministries of Health, State and Local Health Departments, federal agencies and Charitable Foundations

Services

PHII - Requirements Specs, Informatics Training, Consultative Support, learning communities and convening/secretariat services

Task Force –NTD treatment programs, field EPI & lab network, supports health system strengthening and vaccine development and use

PartnersCDC, HRSA, ASTHO, NACCHO, APHL, CSTE, ISDS, WHO, de Beaumont Fdn, Robt. Wood Johnson Fdn, Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn, Rockefeller Fdn, PATH, RTI, Merck, J&J, Pfizer, GSK, InSTEDD, Regenstrief Institute