Applied Informatics Innovation Within a Childhood Blood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Resulted in Improved Data Management and Demonstrated Client Outcomes.

This poster presentation describes innovative use of the Omaha System, a standardized terminology, into public health nurses' (PHNs) workflow and electronic records within a local health department's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The Omaha System facilitated the tracking of evidence-based interventions and client outcomes, showing a significant improvement in record completeness (from 33% pre-implementation to 84% post-implementation) and client outcomes in health care supervision, growth and development, and nutrition. Outcome data analysis revealed improvement across all post-implementation records from initial assessments to interim assessments for Health care supervision (p<.