Results from the fielding of the Bio-surveillance Analysis, Feedback, Evaluation and Response (B-SAFER) system in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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
Forslund
David
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA.
Umland
Edith
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Brillman
Judith C
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Joyce
Ed
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Froman
Philip
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Burr
Tom
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Judd
Stephen L
SL
Picard
Richard
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Wokoun
Doug
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Joner
Mike
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Sewell
C Mack
CM
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