International distance-learning outreach: the APEC EINet experience

Kimball, Ann Marie; Shih, Lai Wun Song; Brown, J.; Harris, Tiffany G.; Pautler, Nedra A.; Jamieson, Rachel; Bolles, John R.; Horwitch, Carrie

doi:10.1016/s1386-5056(02)00080-1

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“…Individual departments of affected hospitals also used Web sites and e-mail to rapidly disseminate clinical findings to health professionals [ 2 ]. "This is a form of early warning and communication that would not have been possible if the SARS Virus had appeared ten years ago," notes Dr. Kimball of the APEC Emerging Infections Network [ 3 ], and Julie Gerberding, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, writes in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine that "use of the Internet has sped information exchange and helped overcome the problems presented by asynchrony in the activities of investigators in many time zones" [ 4 ].…”

Section: Role Of Information Technology During the Sars Epidemicmentioning

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SARS and Population Health Technology

Eysenbach¹

2003

J Med Internet Res

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The recent global outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) provides an opportunity to study the use and impact of public health informatics and population health technology to detect and fight a global epidemic. Population health technology is the umbrella term for technology applications that have a population focus and the potential to improve public health. This includes the Internet, but also other technologies such as wireless devices, mobile phones, smart appliances, or smart homes. In the context of an outbreak or bioterrorism attack, such technologies may help to gather intelligence and detect diseases early, and communicate and exchange information electronically worldwide. Some of the technologies brought forward during the SARS epidemic may have been primarily motivated by marketing efforts, or were more directed towards reassuring people that "something is being done," ie, fighting an "epidemic of fear." To understand "fear epidemiology" is important because early warning systems monitoring data from a large number of people may not be able to discriminate between a biological epidemic and an epidemic of fear. The need for critical evaluation of all of these technologies is stressed.

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Section: Role Of Information Technology During the Sars Epidemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

SARS and Population Health Technology

Eysenbach¹

2003

J Med Internet Res

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Web Based Provider Education for Competency of Scope of Practice (Best Practice): Medicine Department Safe Training Is a Computer Based Review Program (de’ medri)

2005

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Medicine Department Safe training is a computer based review program named de'medici and it is an employee training program. This annual review packet serves as a generic training tool. All health-care providers with direct patient care are required by state law to complete a group of 11 modules and pass a mandatory training test to assess proficiency in these areas. They include emergency preparedness, life and fire safety, electrical safety, working safety with hazardous materials, back safety, violence in the workplace, latex allergy prevention, preventing TB in the workplace, preventing AIDS and hepatitis B and C in the workplace, radiation safety, and age related care for health-care workers.

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Web Based Health Education, E-learning, for Weight Management

2005

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Obesity is a major health problem across the United States and becoming a progressive world wide problem. An overweight person could access the weight management program and develop a personalized weight reduction plan. The customer enters specific data to personalize the program and in the future an artificial intelligence program can evaluate customer behavior and adjust accordingly. This is an on-line program with class room support, offered as back up when desired by the patient.

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International distance-learning outreach: the APEC EINet experience

Cited by 6 publications

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SARS and Population Health Technology

SARS and Population Health Technology

Web Based Provider Education for Competency of Scope of Practice (Best Practice): Medicine Department Safe Training Is a Computer Based Review Program (de’ medri)

Web Based Health Education, E-learning, for Weight Management

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