Practical Gains from Access to an Integrated Disease Reporting System

Authors

  • Loren Shaffer Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Atlanta, GA, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5148

Abstract

Potential benefits obtained through multi-species surveillance have been widely discussed. We examine an electronic disease reporting solution where cases in humans and other animals are entered into a single platform and accessible in a single database. Real Instances of potential zoonotic disease are described and the practical gains from integrated reporting and analysis are evaluated.

Author Biography

Loren Shaffer, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Atlanta, GA, United States

Dr. Shaffer is a veterinary epidemiologist working for Northrop Grumman Information Systems under a contract with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.  His responsibilities include providing advice on the development of the Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System and training personnel in countries where it is deployed on using the analytical capabilities of the system.  He is a prior service Army Special Operations Preventive Medicine Officer and has worked at the county and state levels of public health to develop, deploy and utilize syndromic surveillance systems.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Shaffer, L. (2014). Practical Gains from Access to an Integrated Disease Reporting System. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5148

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Oral Presentations

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