title: Our first line of defense against bioterrorism. Part 1.
abstract: Health care's response to the anthrax outbreak highlights our critical need to enlist sophisticated information technology (IT) tools in the defense against bioterrorism. Part 1 of a two-part series explains what went wrong in the most recent attack and suggests how a national IT infrastructure might help in the future.
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: Roy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000517:prevention & control; D023482:Bioterrorism; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D014481:United States