Use of sentinel health events (occupational) in computer assisted occupational health surveillance.
The U.S. Coast Guard has developed a Coast Guard-wide comprehensive system for surveillance of workplace diseases. The American Medical Association's fifth edition of the Current Medical Information and Terminology (CMIT) was used as a reference to expand the basic list of 50 Sentinel Health Events (Occupational) [SHE(O)] published by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH), September, 1983. The expanded list of 107 sentinel events serves as a framework for the development of a computerized system of occupational health surveillance in the U.S. Coast Guard. This application of SHE(O) surveillance can have application in the early detection and prevention of environmental diseases.
Stockwell
J R
JR
U.S. Coast Guard Office of Health Services, Washington, D.C.
Adess
M L
ML
Titlow
T B
TB
Zaharias
G R
GR
D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States