West Nile Virus: A Case Study in How NY State Health Information Infrastructure Facilitates Preparation and Response to Disease Outbreaks

New York's (NY) Health Information Network (HIN) provided timely access to West Nile Virus (WNV) data during the initial outbreak in the late Summer 1999. In December 1999, NY developed a plan to deal with WNV in 2000 that required an integrated surveillance system for humans, birds, mammals, a...

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Published in:Journal of public health management and practice 2001-09, Vol.7 (5), p.75-86
Main Authors: Gotham, Ivan J., Eidson, Millicent, White, Dennis J., Wallace, Barbara J., Chang, Hwa Gan, Johnson, Geraldine S., Napoli, John P., Sottolano, Debra L., Birkhead, Guthrie S., Morse, Dale L., Smith, Perry F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Birds - virology
Communication
Disaster Planning
Disease Outbreaks
Health technology assessment
Humans
New York
Population Surveillance - methods
West Nile Fever - prevention & control
West Nile virus - isolation & purification
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Summary:New York's (NY) Health Information Network (HIN) provided timely access to West Nile Virus (WNV) data during the initial outbreak in the late Summer 1999. In December 1999, NY developed a plan to deal with WNV in 2000 that required an integrated surveillance system for humans, birds, mammals, and mosquitoes. The HIN infrastructure allowed NY to deploy this system statewide in three months. Local health departments throughout NY used the system to report, track, and retrieve surveillance data as WNV spread throughout NY in 2000. The HIN infrastructure includes partnerships, training/ support, technical capacity and architecture similar to NEDSS as proposed by the US CDC.
ISSN:1078-4659
1550-5022
DOI:10.1097/00124784-200107050-00011