Akademska digitalna zbirka SLovenije - logo
Central Technological Library of the University of Ljubljana (CTK)
Full text
  • Infectious disease informatics [Elektronski vir] : syndromic surveillance for public health and biodefense
    Chen, Hsinchun
    "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"--Provided by publisher
    Type of material - e-book
    Publication and manufacture - New York : Springer, ©2010
    Language - english
    ISBN - 978-1-4419-1278-7; 1-4419-1278-9
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1542542047

    Link(s):

    SpringerLink e-books 2008-2012

    Celotno besedilo dostopno za uporabnike SpringerLink slovenskega konzorcija neprofitnih institucij

    Full text accessible to the users of SpringerLink Slovenian Consortium of Non-Profit Institutions


    DOI

Shelf entry