The French communicable diseases computer network: a technical view.
This paper describes an information system (IS) established in France in 1984 for the national surveillance of communicable diseases. This IS is based on a videotex server and a relational database management system. The videotex server is the IS front-end. It performs the following functions: interpersonal communications, synthetic information retrieval into an epidemiologic info-base and data entry owing to its specialized applications. The relational database management system allows the user to manage and consult an epidemiologic database updated in quasi-real time. Several specific tools have also been developed in order to enhance data representation and analysis and the decision support capabilities of the IS.
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Unité de Recherches Biomathématiques et Biostatistiques, INSERM U263-Université Paris, France.
Valleron
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D000465:Algorithms; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003201:Computers / Q000592:standards; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards