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Title:
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IMPROVING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES IN IHE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES |
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Author(s):
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S. R. Renly , J. H. Kaufman , R. Ram |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-81-2 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Public health, surveillance, interoperability, standards, terminology, security |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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92 |
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Last Page:
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98 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Public health programs faithfully collect large amounts of data and create a standard set of monitoring level reports that
may be rarely accessed outside their programs. Pervasively challenged by incomplete and untimely data transfers, many
programs lack the capacity and funding to drastically redefine their way of operation. New efforts to build interoperable
healthcare systems are providing an opportunity to break data out of proprietary silos and evolve new bi-directional
information flows that drastically improves surveillance and creates timely pro-active communication between vested
communities. Leveraging new open source tools, we succeeded in demonstrating several promising benefits for food
borne disease surveillance when electronic standards-based data exchange is achieved within an IHE Health Information
Exchange. Bringing together efforts to standardize on terminology, data exchange structuring, security, and
confidentiality, we can build a better and lower cost foundation that enables redefining the work achieved within public
health programs. |
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