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Case Study # 1

“Can Information Systems help prevent a Public health crisis?”

Question # 1
Describe and diagram the existing process for reporting and identifying major health problems, such as a flu pandemic.

Answer

      Now a day we found out predictions about large scale loss of life’s from biological or chemical attacks. Computer estimates that between 2 to 100 million people could die from pandemic influenza. This is a very serious issue for the survival of mankind.
      On may 23 2006 U.S government issued a plan to monitor Pandemic Influenza. The implementation plan calls for improving mechanisms for real time surveillance in acute care settings such as hospitals, clinics, I.C.Us etc.
    BioSense Real Time Clinical Connection program is one of those initiatives. It is developed by U.S Federal Centers for Dieses Control and Presentation (CDC).

Question # 2
How does BioSense improve this process? Diagram the process for reporting and identifying public health problems using BioSense.

Answer

    BioSense sits upon a hospital’s existing information system. It gathers and analyzes their data in real time. The software keeps all of patient data. It includes sex, age, zip code of residence, laboratory results etc.
    BioSense improved the process in a way that registered member can view the latest updates. It is very much better from the traditional process of monitoring. It is very fast and easy to analyze process.

Question # 3
Discuss the process and cons of adopting BioSense for public health surveillance. Should all public agencies switch to BioSense? Why or why not?

Answer

      BioSense sits upon a hospital’s existing information system. It gathers and analyzes their data in real time. The software keeps all of patient data. It includes sex, age, zip code of residence, laboratory results etc.
    The software converts this data to HL7 data messaging format which is standard for health care industry. It transmits... [continues]

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