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Public Health Surveillance: The Role of Clinical Information Systems

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Healthcare Information Management Systems

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Abstract

Health departments across the United States have begun collecting new types of surveillance data from hospitals in near real time. In New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C., for example, hospitals send daily reports of patient visits to emergency departments to the respective health departments [1–3]. Hospitals in Utah and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania send such data in real time via health level seven (HL7) interfaces [1]. Similar projects are under way in other states [4].

This primer on public health surveillance and clinical information systems draws on actual experiences in exploring the synergy between both systems.

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  1. Michael M. Wagner MD, PhD
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Clinical Informatics Strategies, Healthlink Incorporated, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marion J. Ball EdD (Vice President, Adjunct Professor) (Vice President, Adjunct Professor)

  2. School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marion J. Ball EdD (Vice President, Adjunct Professor) (Vice President, Adjunct Professor)

  3. Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Charlotte A. Weaver (CNO and Vice President of Patient Care Systems) (CNO and Vice President of Patient Care Systems)

  4. Department of Health Management Systems John G. Rangos, Sr., School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Joan M. Kiel PhD, MPA, MPhil (Chairman) (Chairman)

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Wagner, M.M., Espino, J.U., Tsui, FC., Aryel, R.M. (2004). Public Health Surveillance: The Role of Clinical Information Systems. In: Ball, M.J., Weaver, C.A., Kiel, J.M. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Health Informatics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4041-7_39

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