One more (from the OpenEMed group): Title
A Service-based Approach to Integrating Epidemiological Information in Public Health Departments Participants David W. Forslund, PhD Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory J.E. George, PhD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los ALamos, NM Abstract One of the major problems facing Departments of Health throughout the nation is integrating the in-formation that is being acquired from a variety of sources in order to detect disease outbreak at a very early stage. This requires a major change in the way information infrastructure is being used in this healthcare area. The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is an architecture designed to tackle this problem. We describe in this paper a technical approach that supports and ex-pands on the NEDSS architecture in order to provide a better integration of information between health-care providers and epidemiologists. This approach takes on special importance with the events that oc-curred in the last few months of 2001. As an example of this approach, we will describe the application of this technology and strategy in the Bio-Surveillance, Analysis, Feedback, Evaluation, and Response project based on the distributed, se-cure, OpenEMed infrastructure. Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Ignacio Valdes wrote: > Andrew Ho wrote: > > Which two are you referring to? > > > > Title Open Source Handheld-Based EMR for Paramedics Working in Rural Areas > Participants Vishwanath Anantraman Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham > and Women's Hospital T. Mikkelsen, Media Lab Asia / MIT, Cambridge, MA > A. Pentland, PhD, Media Lab Asia / MIT, Cambridge, MA L. Ohno-Machado, > MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA V.S. Kumar, Media Lab > Asia/MIT, Cambridge, MA > Abstract We describe a handheld-based electronic medical record (EMR) > for use in certain rural settings. The system is based on the Linux > operating system and allows access to large mobile databases. The open > source system is designed for paramedical health workers serving remote > areas in rural India. A PDA loaded with the handheld-based EMR provides > workers who have little access to medical doctors with different kinds > of decision support and alerts. It addresses two important problems in > developing countries: prenatal care and child health. This paper > describes the technical challenges and innovation needed in the design, > development, adaptation and implementation of the handheld EMR in a real > setting in India > > Title Iterative Development of a Web Application to Support > Teleconferencing of a Distributed Tumor Board > Participants Hao Li, BS W.B. Lober, MD, University of Washington, > Seattle, WA L.J. Trigg, University of Washington, Seattle, WA M.R. > Dockrey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA D. Chou, MD, University > of Washington, Seattle, WA B. Stewart, PhD, University of Washington, > Seattle, WA > Abstract We have developed a web-based information system to support a > distributed tumor conference held in multiple locations via > videoconferencing over high-speed Internet connections. The information > system stores images, and other objects such as Word documents, > PowerPoint presentations, and URLs, which are pertinent to the > conference presentations, as well as patient and conference metadata. A > web-based interface allows clinicians to directly organize conference > data, and display that information during a clinical conference. The > system is implemented using open source software, has been deployed > since January 2001, and is the subject of an ongoing iterative > development and evaluation process. > -- > -- Ignacio Valdes,MD,MS Editor: Linux Medical News > http://www.linuxmednews.com > 'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice' >
