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EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICSGroup 3: Nik Bogdanov, Nathan Nelson, Tate Allen, Leanne Galletta, Antrae Lennon, Joe Vince, Andre Tribbe
EPIDEMIC / PANDEMIC PREVENTION
• Promoting better health care, making information available in a reasonable manner
• Interoperability making sure data is exchanged accurately through information technology systems, software, and other systems
• Having a strong national public health system
EPIDEMIC / PANDEMIC PREVENTION
Informing people through education, compensation, and communication
Performing tests, tracking people who may have the virus and using intervention and infection through HIT
Practicing good hygiene
HIT DISPARITY
What is HIT Disparity?
HIT Disparity relates to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and socioeconomic groups due to the absence of information technology systems
Effects
Come at a personal and societal price
Lead to disparities in quality
Opportunities to provide preventive care are frequently missed
Inequality in quality exists
Improvement is possible…http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm
HIT DISPARITY
Improvements Are Possible
Global notification and the sharing of information pertaining to threats and current knowledge of diseases
Increasing production and efficiency of immunizations based on the understood types and prevalent traits of an epidemic or pandemic, immunizing and prevention measures
Going International
Already in practice in the US and other Nations
Would Provide comprehensive support to the effort of isolating and quarantining disease
Improves the information available to the public about a disease, leads to an improved standard of life through the prevention of diseases
MAPPING A VIRUS
Able to completely 3D map a virus
Helps with understanding the disease
Can lead to several new possibilities
New Technology
CALLING DR. ANYWHERE
Applying Tele-Health to epidemics
Number of possibilities Remote locations Impact on Swine flu
EPIDEMIOLOGY ANONYMOUS
Data Mining! Expanding the EHR’s
functionality Several applications Ethics challenges
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Distribution of information is rapid and easy:
Evening News Online Sources
Public Reactions:
Precautionary Measures
Panic is a possibility
PROBLEM: MEDIA ACCURACY
• Sensationalized News• Gauging severity of problem• People do their own research
PREVENTION OF EPIDEMICS THROUGH POLICY ENHANCMENTS
Health Information Exchange Network
Data Mining Security
PREVENTION OF EPIDEMICS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ENHANCMENTS
Personal Data Assistants
Red Flag Alerts Electronic Medical
Records
HIT IS EVERYWHERE!
Current Support Environment:
Public Military and Private Adapting to Health
Care
FUTURE HIT
… and then what?
Holistic HIT and beyond
Experience based AI Elimination of
exclusive systems Ethics and Morals
QUESTIONS?