Monitoring pandemics
The Business Times recently published the article “Technology and the fight against epidemics” by Suganthi Shivkumar. It is quite topical about the use of data warehousing and real-time messaging to monitor pandemics. An example in the article mentions the use of Informatica in Hong Kong to track the SARS epidemic.
With the upcoming H1N1 season fast approaching, it would be helpful if tools such as BioSense from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had greater adoption. It would also help if local areas effectively leveraged EMRs and related infrastructure to help monitor and contain major pandemic risks.
It is possible that some organizations will launch new data warehouses specifically to fight pandemics; however it is more likely to be an offshoot from existing HIT investments. The financial model is complicated in a world where healthcare networks are independent of each other. That challenge is in the hands of the CDC to figure out.
Dan Housman
Managing Director, Analytical Applications
With the upcoming H1N1 season fast approaching, it would be helpful if tools such as BioSense from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had greater adoption. It would also help if local areas effectively leveraged EMRs and related infrastructure to help monitor and contain major pandemic risks.
It is possible that some organizations will launch new data warehouses specifically to fight pandemics; however it is more likely to be an offshoot from existing HIT investments. The financial model is complicated in a world where healthcare networks are independent of each other. That challenge is in the hands of the CDC to figure out.
Dan Housman
Managing Director, Analytical Applications
Labels: Data Warehousing
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