Design and prototype of a mechanism for active on-line emerging/notifiable infectious diseases control, tracking and surveillance, based on a national healthcare card system

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-170

  Huang, Jyh Win ^a,b   Hou, Ting Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospital information system; National health insurance; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Smart IC card; Surveillance system

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY ROOMS; HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SMART CARDS; TRACKING (POSITION);

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMULATION; TAIWAN;

CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 34047267178     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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