Gaining experience with military medical situational awareness and geographic information systems in a simulated influenza epidemic

The purpose of medical situational awareness is to provide useful and actionable information for preparing and employing medical assets in support of a wide variety of operational missions around the world, and monitoring and protecting the health of the force in the face of rapidly changing health...

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Published inMilitary medicine Vol. 172; no. 10; pp. 1071 - 1076
Main Authors DeFraites, Robert F, Chambers, William C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.10.2007
Subjects
Awareness
Collaboration
Computer Simulation
Decision making
Electronic health records
Geographic Information Systems
Humans
Influenza
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Information technology
Intelligence services
Military Medicine
Military Personnel
Models, Theoretical
Task forces
Thailand - epidemiology
Theater
United States - epidemiology
Thailand
United States
United States > US
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Summary:The purpose of medical situational awareness is to provide useful and actionable information for preparing and employing medical assets in support of a wide variety of operational missions around the world, and monitoring and protecting the health of the force in the face of rapidly changing health threats. Since 2005, the Medical Situational Awareness in the Theater Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration has exploited advances in information technology, geographic information systems, and open systems architecture to produce a functioning prototype of a medical situational enhancement capability. In May 2006, this prototype supported the medical staff of a combined/joint task force in a realistic command postexercise featuring a simulated outbreak of influenza during Exercise COBRA GOLD in Thailand. The proliferation and maturation of geographic information systems present many opportunities for the military medical community to improve the health of the populations for which it is responsible.
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ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.7205/MILMED.172.10.1071