Evaluation of an Adjustable Epidemiologic Information System

Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu, Fu-Yuan Shih, Chan-Hsien Chiu, Yuan-Lih Yeh, Jer-Jea Yan, Chwan-Chuen King and Mei-Shang Ho

PLOS ONE, 2011, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Background: In order to facilitate public health response and to achieve early control of infectious disease epidemics, an adjustable epidemiologic information system (AEIS) was established in the Taiwan public health network in February 2006. Methodology/Principal Findings: The performance of AEIS for the period 2006 through 2008 was evaluated based on a number of response times (RT) and the public health impact. After implementation of the system, the apparent overall shortened RT was mainly due to the shortening of personnel response time (PRT) and the time needed to draft a new questionnaire that incurred as personnel-system interface (PSI); PRT dropped from a fluctuating range of 9.8 ∼28.8 days in the first four months to

Date: 2011
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