Name
Understanding Community Health Insights – A Regional Approach to Disease Surveillance
Session Type
Breakout Session
Description
PHIX is a non-profit HIE in El Paso, Texas. In addition to PHIX’s core services as an HIE, PHIX also collaborates with partners and community leaders to improve community health outcomes through innovative technology and analytics. This includes the development and implementation of a regional syndromic surveillance system that allows for real-time data analysis and disease trend prediction to support the identification and management of emerging health care trends, supporting data-driven strategies and interventions.
Date & Time
Monday, September 29, 2025, 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Time
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Presentation Learning Objectives
Learning objective 1: Evaluate the value of community driven processes for establishing data sharing model across sectors to support public health.
Learning objective 2: Evaluate the value of community data sharing including clinical and social determinant of health data to support population health analysis and planning
Learning objective 3: Evaluate the opportunity to develop predictive models for early identification of health trends
PHIX plans to share it's approach to establishing, maintaining, and collaborating with partners across sectors to build systems of health. This will include a review of PHIX's local syndromic surveillance system, the committees and governance established, and the uses cases of success using the system. This includes a review of disease trending, disease forecasting, the overlay of medical and non-medical data, and more.
Learning objective 2: Evaluate the value of community data sharing including clinical and social determinant of health data to support population health analysis and planning
Learning objective 3: Evaluate the opportunity to develop predictive models for early identification of health trends
PHIX plans to share it's approach to establishing, maintaining, and collaborating with partners across sectors to build systems of health. This will include a review of PHIX's local syndromic surveillance system, the committees and governance established, and the uses cases of success using the system. This includes a review of disease trending, disease forecasting, the overlay of medical and non-medical data, and more.
Speaker Name
Emily Hartmann
Speaker Credentials
BEc, MPH
Speaker Title
Executive Director
Speaker Organization
Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange
Speaker 2 Name
Juan Nanez
Speaker 2 Credentials
BSN, MPH
Speaker 2 Title
Director of Programs
Speaker 2 Organization
Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange
Location Name
Platinum Breakout 4