[Slugnet] [Zdnet] Epidemic surveillance under open source

[Soh Kam Yung]

(http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1349)

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Epidemic surveillance under open source

Utah will soon implement a new infectious disease reporting system
licensed under the Affero GPL. The software, dubbed TriSano, was
created by the Collaborative Software Initiative, launched by former
OSDL head Stuart Cohen. Cohen called this an example of the CSI's
business model, something he has been working with since leaving OSDL
in 2006.

"We bring entities together with common problems and we then build the
software for them at a fraction of the cost, deliver it, and they get
the network effect as they roll it out."

In this case the target is much broader than Utah. Cohen said the
project has been presented to state public health offices and the CDC.

[...]

CSI corporate development officer Laurie Williams said that TriSano
replaces a system of faxes which now must be sent when doctors
diagnose specific conditions.

"Reporting now will be a byproduct" of data entry, she said, meaning
officials will be able to detect patterns in real time, and respond
much more quickly to outbreaks than before.

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