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.
U.S. Coast Guard Office of Health Services, Washington, D.C.
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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