Managing emerging infectious diseases with information systems: Reconceptualizing outbreak management through the lens of loose coupling

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-468

  Chen, Yi Da ^a   Brown, Susan A ^a   Hu, Paul Jen Hwa ^b   King, Chwan Chuen ^c   Chen, Hsinchun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Loose coupling; Outbreak management; Public health information systems; SARS outbreak

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865070510     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0376     Document Type: Article

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