A Systems Overview of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II)

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Lombardo, Joseph ^a   Burkom, Howard ^a   Elbert, Eugene ^b   Magruder, Steven ^a   Happel Lewis, Sheryl ^a   Loschen, Wayne ^a   Sari, James ^a   Sniegoski, Carol ^a   Wojcik, Richard ^a   Pavlin, Julie ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nontraditional; Surveillance; Syndromes; Test bed

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141499328     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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