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ARTICLES
The Economic Impacts of Medicaid in North Carolina
Christopher Dumas, PhD; William Hall, PhD; Patricia Garrett, PhD
Acuracy of Self- and Parental Perception of Overweight Among Latino Preadolescents
Valentino Intagliata, MD; Edward H. Ip, PhD; Sabina B., Gesell, PhD; Shari L. Barkina, MD, MSHS
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Newborn Screening in North Carolina: The Evolution of Policy and Practice
H. Neil Kirkman, MD
SPECIAL COMMENTARY
The Governor's Initiative to Improve Health Care: Taking Measure of Medical Care in North Carolina
Charles Willson, MD
POLICY FORUM
Taking Care of Those Who Serve
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH; Jennifer Hastings, MS, MPH
Issue Brief: Data and Health Policy: Do We Do Our Best?
Sandra B. Greene, DrPH
COMMENTARIES
Electronic Records in Health Crae
Xiaomeng Zeng, MD, PhD
Public Health Surveillance Data in North Carolina
Paul A. Buescher, PhD
Geographic Information Systems and Health in North Carolina
Dianne Enright
NC-CATCH: North Carolina Comprehensive Assessment for Tracking COmmunity Health
James Studnicki, ScD; John W. Fisher, PhD; Christopher N. Eichelberger, MS
The Emerging Field of Informatics
Debbie Travers, PhD RN; Lawrence K. Mandelkehr, MBA, CPHQ
The Role of Data at the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
Mark W. Massing, MD, PhD, MPH; Anna P. Schenck, PhD, MSPH
Shaping Health Workforce Policy Through Data-Driven Analyses: The North Carolina Health Professions Data System
Jennifer King; Mark Holmes, PhD
Community-Level Data
Christopher J. Mansfield, PhD; James L. Wilson, PhD
Using Health Data to Focus Philanthropy on Critical Needs
David E. Murday, PhD; Elizabeth A. Corley, MA
The North Carolina Trauma Registry
Michael H. Thomason, MD, FACS
Transforming Care in the Physician Workplace Through Electronic Data Exchange
Holt Anderson; Gary Bowers
Training Health Care Personnel to Work with Health Care Data
Elizabeth Layman, PhD, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Do We Have All of the Public Health Information We Need in North Carolina?
William D. Kalsbeek, PhD
Into the Future: Public Health Data Needs in a Changing State
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Engel, MD
Cancer Surveillance and Its Use to Reduce Cancer Burden in North Carolina
Karen L. Knight, MS; Paul A. Buescher, PhD; Walter L. Shepard, MA
DEPARTMENTS
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care
Philanthropy Profiles
Readers' Forum
Spotlight on the Safety Net
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