Public Health Surveillance and Information Technology
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Public health surveillance and information technology.
Applying Modern Information Technology to Reporting for Public Health—the Role of Standards Clement McDonald, Indiana University School of Medicine, discussed the role of standards in the application of modern information technology to public health reporting. He pointed to the rich data sources stored electronically in clinical laboratories, pathology and cytology reporting systems, pharmacies...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0403.980333