Public health intelligence: Learning from the Ebola crisis

T.J. Carney and D.J. Weber

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 9, 1740-1744

Abstract: Public Health Intelligence: Learning From the Ebola Crisis Today's public health crises, as exemplified by the Ebola outbreak, lead to dramatic calls to action that typically include improved electronic monitoring systems to better prepare for, and respond to, similar occurrences in the future. Even a preliminary public health informatics evaluationof the current Ebola crisis exposes the need for enhanced coordination and sharing of trustworthy public health intelligence. We call for a consumercentric model of public health intelligence and the formation of a national center to guide public health intelligence gathering and synthesis. Sharing accurate and actionable information with government agencies, health care practitioners, policymakers, and, critically, the general public, will mark a shift from doing public health surveillance on people to doing public health surveillance for people.

Keywords: Disease Outbreaks; health survey; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; human; medical informatics; organization and management; procedures; public health service, Disease Outbreaks; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; Humans; Public Health Administration; Public Health Informatics; Public Health Surveillance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302771

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