Overview
- Examines the state of the art in disease surveillance systems
- First book to cover the subject from an informatics-driven perspective
- Authors are the most respected researchers in informatics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Integrated Series in Information Systems (ISIS, volume 21)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
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SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM CASE STUDIES
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About this book
Computer-based infectious disease surveillance systems are capable of real-time or near real-time detection of serious illnesses and potential bioterrorism agent exposures and represent a major step forward in disease surveillance. Infectious Disease Informatics: Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health and Bio-Defense is an in-depth monograph that analyzes and evaluates the outbreak modeling and detection capabilities of existing surveillance systems under a unified framework, and presents the first book-length coverage of the subject from an informatics-driven perspective.
Individual chapters consider the state of the art, including the facilitation of data collection, sharing and transmission; a focus on various outbreak detection methods; data visualization and information dissemination issues; and system assessment and other policy issues. Eight chapters then report on several real-world case studies, summarizing and comparing eight syndromic surveillance systems, including those that have been adopted by many public health agencies (e.g., RODS and BioSense). The book concludes with a discussion of critical issues and challenges, with a look to future directions.
This book is an excellent source of current information for researchers in public health and IT. Government public health officials and private-sector practitioners in both public health and IT will find the most up-to-date information available, and students from a variety of disciplines, including public health, biostatistics, information systems, computer science, and public administration and policy will get a comprehensive look at the concepts, techniques, and practices of syndromic surveillance.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book summarizes and describes the state-of-art research on the development and implementation of health surveillance systems that use early indicators of disease to identify outbreaks. … The book was written for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in health sciences, computer science, and public administration, researchers in public health and IT, and government public health officials. … This is the best book that presents a comprehensive coverage of syndromic surveillance systems.” (Edward K. Mensah, Doody’s Review Service, August, 2010)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infectious Disease Informatics
Book Subtitle: Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health and Bio-Defense
Authors: Hsinchun Chen, Daniel Zeng, Ping Yan
Series Title: Integrated Series in Information Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1278-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1277-0Published: 17 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2539-7Published: 25 February 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-1278-7Published: 12 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1571-0270
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7968
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 210
Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations
Topics: Health Informatics, Public Health, IT in Business, e-Commerce/e-business, Information Systems and Communication Service, Epidemiology