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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Atlanta, GA 30333
U.S.A
(404) 639-3311
 Public Health Directory (phindir)

The CDC Public Health Directory (phindir) is an initiative that promotes the use of directory services technology as a means to support the electronic exchange of standards based profile information for people and organizations involved in public health.

 

Purpose:

The purpose of the phindir initiative is to enhance the communication abilities of public health agencies by facilitating access to accurate contact information.

Vision:

The vision of the phindir initiative is to make comprehensive and accurate contact information available to individuals and public health systems thereby enabling appropriate action.

Possible Uses:

White/Yellow Pages, Role-Based Access Control, Public Health Messaging, Alerting and Notifications

 

The purpose of this website is to give visitors a high level overview of the phindir initiative. To that end, this site contains pages dedicated to:

Topic Contents
Topic Overview
The Vision Explained
A Distributed Directory
Scenarios
Privacy Approach
Get Involved with the phindir Initiative
Initiative Status
Specifications and Presentations
phindir Forum
 
For More Information
Phone: 1-800-532-9929 OR (770) 216-1299
Email: PHIN - Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
 

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