A system for electronic disease reporting and management

Author

Terry, Thomas J., Jr.

Author_Institution

Inf. Resource Dev., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

Volume

21

Issue

5

fYear

2002

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

99

Abstract

The collection and reporting of communicable disease information has long been a problem for public health officials. In April 1998, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), under contract to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), began work on a "Electronic Laboratory Surveillance System" (ELS) to gather and report such data. The aim of ELS was to determine the extent/spread of problems and minimize consequences through rapid reporting and dissemination of critical information. ELS was completely redesigned to be more user friendly and incorporate new direct-access functions to enable better follow-up of communicable disease reports. This article looks at the evolution of the ELS from a limited system to one that can play a critical role in identifying and linking bioterrorism events

Keywords

diseases; health care; health hazards; medical information systems; surveillance; ELS; Electronic Laboratory Surveillance System; New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; New Jersey Institute of Technology; bioterrorism events; communicable disease information; critical information; direct-access functions; dissemination; electronic disease management; electronic disease reporting; public health officials; rapid reporting; user friendly; Databases; Diseases; Displays; Hospitals; Information resources; Internet; Laboratories; Resource management; Sequences; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEMB.2002.1044178

Filename

1044178