User Experience of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Respiratory Disease Dashboard

Authors

  • Jennifer A. Cockrill Division of GEIS Operations, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
  • Alice Y. Tsai Division of GEIS Operations, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
  • Timothy C. Campbell Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jean-Paul Chretien Division of Integrated Biosurveillance, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
  • Julie A. Pavlin Division of GEIS Operations, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
  • Ronald L. Burke Division of GEIS Operations, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4595

Abstract

A successful electronic disease surveillance system requires both organizational support and the active participation of data contributors. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has established the Respiratory Disease Dashboard (RDD) to monitor respiratory pathogens since the 2009 pandemic influenza. A user satisfaction survey conducted within the DoD's global surveillance network reflected challenges ahead with the implementation of electronic surveillance data entry in various settings. It is only with vigilant and proactive users in ensuring timely and accurate data input that an electronic surveillance system, such as RDD, can become a useful tool for the basis of disease detection and response.

Author Biography

Jennifer A. Cockrill, Division of GEIS Operations, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

Ms. Cockrill is an Epidemiologist in the Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) Operations. Her projects include strategic implementation of biosurveillance systems and capacity building in resource-limited settings. Ms. Cockrill holds an MPH from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS from Georgetown University. She was previously a fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIAID) conducting toxin research and worked for the U.S. Navy in malaria vaccine development.

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Cockrill, J. A., Tsai, A. Y., Campbell, T. C., Chretien, J.-P., Pavlin, J. A., & Burke, R. L. (2013). User Experience of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Respiratory Disease Dashboard. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4595

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Poster Presentations