title: Results from the fielding of the Bio-surveillance Analysis, Feedback, Evaluation and Response (B-SAFER) system in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
abstract: Public health authorities need a surveillance system that is sensitive enough to detect a disease outbreak early to enable a proper response. In order to meet this challenge we have deployed a pilot component-based system in Albuquerque, NM as part of the National Biodefense Initiative (BDI). B-SAFER gathers routinely collected data from healthcare institutions to monitor disease events in the community. We describe initial results from the deployment of the system for the past 6 months
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Forslund
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Umland
authors.forename: Judith C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brillman
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Froman
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burr
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Judd
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wokoun
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joner
authors.forename: C Mack
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sewell
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009516:New Mexico; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011381:Programming Languages