Health Monitoring Systems launched the MediCenter medication reconciliation service in 2009 with the help and support of over 25 hospitals that provided invaluable guidance in determining the needs of busy emergency department clinicians. Following our successful initial service launch, we are seeking 10 facilities to demonstrate leadership in defining a workable, efficient model for emergency […]
Pittsburgh, PA, October 7, 2009 — Health Monitoring Systems helps health departments meet the CDC’s Public Health Emergency Response (PHER) funding criteria through use of its EpiCenter system.
Pittsburgh, PA, June 7, 2009 — Health Monitoring Systems’ CEO Kevin Hutchison discusses H1N1 with KDKA-CBS’ John Delano and John Manzetti CEO of the Pittsburgh Life Science Greenhouse.
Atlantic County, NJ, May 5, 2009 — The Atlantic County Division of Public Health is using Health Monitoring Systems’ EpiCenter™ software service to closely monitor the H1N1 virus. The local NBC affiliate reports on the county’s surveillance efforts.
Pittsburgh, PA, May 4, 2009 — Health Monitoring Systems (HMS) is a Pittsburgh-based company pioneering a new field in the healthcare information technology arena: Community Health Surveillance. HMS is currently supporting state and local public health departments as they work to monitor the H1NI Flu (Swine Flu). HMS has been working continuously to help track […]
The Ohio Department of Health and the Indiana State Department of Health enhanced their individual syndromic efforts through cross-border sharing of emergency department (ED) chief complaint data. A poster of this project is available here.
The Utah Department of Health documented a single epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in Utah during 2007. Seven hundred eleven laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Salt Lake County, Utah from July 27 through December 18. Illness onset date was available for 86% (611 of 711) of patients and ranged from May 30 through November 11. Approximately 32% […]
Early detection is a function of many biosurveillance systems that strives to decrease the time between the onset of an event (e.g. infectious disease epidemic) and discovery. Situational awareness is another function that provides for timely information that public health can use to assess status of events (e.g. outbreak progression or general community health). With […]
Insects and arachnids are vectors for a variety of diseases of public health importance. In areas where these diseases are endemic, some health departments routinely monitor these populations and apply control measures as necessary. In other areas, monitoring is infeasible or unnecessary under normal conditions, but could be of value under extraordinary circumstances such as […]
Animals continue to be recognized as a potential source of surveillance data for detecting emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism preparedness, pandemic influenza preparedness, and detection of other zoonotic diseases. Dr. Loren Shaffer explores this issue in a paper published by Advances in Disease Surveillance and can be accessed from their website.