Technical Challenges of Syndromic Surveillance System Deployment in a Health Information Exchange

Authors

  • Julio C. Silva Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Charles Cox Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Dino P. Rumoro Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Shital C. Shah Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Marilyn M. Hallock Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Gillian S. Gibbs Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Gordon M. Trenholme Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
  • Michael J. Waddell Pangaea Information Technologies, Ltd., Chicago, IL, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5176

Abstract

This session describes the technical process, challenges, and lessons learned in scaling up from a local to regional syndromic surveillance system using the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE) and GUARDIAN collaborative initiative.

Author Biography

Julio C. Silva, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States

Michael Waddell is the senior software architect and director of information technologies with Pangaea Information Technologies. Mr.Waddell holds Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Wisconsin Madison. His expertise includes the use of artificial intelligence and geospatial analysis to model and visualize large and complex data sets, and the application security techniques to protect those data sets.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Silva, J. C., Cox, C., Rumoro, D. P., Shah, S. C., Hallock, M. M., Gibbs, G. S., … Waddell, M. J. (2014). Technical Challenges of Syndromic Surveillance System Deployment in a Health Information Exchange. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5176

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Lightning Talks