Public Health/Health Information Exchange Collaborative: A Model for Advancing Public Health Practice

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  • Charles Magruder Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta

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https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v2i2.3217

Author Biography

Charles Magruder, Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta

Charles Magruder, MD Center for Disease Control (CDC) Charley Magruder is a medical epidemiologist who serves as a coordinator of health information exchange activities at CDC?s National Center for Public Health Informatics. He is currently serving as a project officer for a five year, thirty-eight million dollar effort in New York, Indiana, Washington and Idaho that focuses on the role of public health in health information exchange activities. Prior to coming to the CDC, Charley worked several years as a local health department director and health officer. After completing his residency in General Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, he spent four years as the Chief of Preventive Medicine at Womack Army Medical Center, located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In civilian life, he worked four years as the Director and Health Officer of the Wichita/Sedgwick County, Kansas Health Department. During this time, he began to address surveillance needs associated with bioterrorism preparations and worked with the NACCHO IT committee on these and other informatics issues pertinent to local public health.

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Published

2010-10-26

How to Cite

Magruder, C. (2010). Public Health/Health Information Exchange Collaborative: A Model for Advancing Public Health Practice. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v2i2.3217

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Interviews and Commentaries