Information sharing and collaboration applications to integrated biosurveillance : workshop summary

"After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national security health threats in human and animal populations, food, water, agriculture, and the env...

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Main Author: Patel, Deepali
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Planning Committee on Information-Sharing Models and Guidelines for Collaboration: Applications to an Integrated One Health Biosurveillance Strategy, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Board on Health Sciences Policy
Other Authors: Olson, Steve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2012, c2012
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Summary:"After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national security health threats in human and animal populations, food, water, agriculture, and the environment. However, gaps and challenges in biosurveillance efforts and integration of biosurveillance activities remain. September 8-9, 2011, the IOM held a workshop to explore the information-sharing and collaboration processes needed for the nation's integrated biosurveillance strategy."--Publisher's description
Item Description:"A workshop."
Physical Description:xii, 99 p. 23 cm
ISBN:0309224039
9780309224031