Public health surveillance system
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1. A health surveillance and monitoring system, the system comprising:
- a server having a database;
a workstation configured to enter queries into the server;
a plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses in communication with the server, each apparatus configured to receive the queries from the server, obtain responses to the queries from an individual, and transmit the responses for storage in the database; and
an application server connected to the workstation, the application server having a plurality of programs configured to retrieve and process the responses to the queries stored in the database and to present reports having a probability statement of disease occurrence.
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Abstract
A networked system for identifying whether an individual or a plurality of individuals has been exposed to a disease-causing infectious agent associated with a bioterrorism event.
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1. A health surveillance and monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a server having a database;
a workstation configured to enter queries into the server;
a plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses in communication with the server, each apparatus configured to receive the queries from the server, obtain responses to the queries from an individual, and transmit the responses for storage in the database; and
an application server connected to the workstation, the application server having a plurality of programs configured to retrieve and process the responses to the queries stored in the database and to present reports having a probability statement of disease occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A health surveillance and monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a server having a database;
a workstation configured to enter queries into the server;
a plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses, each apparatus configured to receive the queries from the server, obtain responses to the queries from an individual, and transmit the responses for storage in the database; and
an application server connected to the workstation, the application server having a plurality of programs configured to retrieve and process the responses to the queries stored in the database and to present reports having a probability statement of disease occurrence in the form of a suspicion index. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A health surveillance and monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a server having a database;
a workstation configured to enter queries into the server;
a plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses, each apparatus configured to receive the queries from the server, obtain responses to the queries from an individual, and transmit the responses for storage in the database; and
an application server connected to the workstation, the application server having a plurality of programs configured to retrieve and process the responses to the queries stored in the database and to present reports having a probability statement of disease occurrence in the form of a suspicion index and a geographical display. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A health surveillance and monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a server having a database and a script generator program;
a workstation configured to enter a first query set into the server;
a plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses in communication with the server, each apparatus configured to receive the queries from the server, obtain responses to the first query set from an individual, and transmit the responses to the first query set for storage in the database;
a script generator program in the server, the script generator program configured to create a second query set by processing the responses to the first query set, sending the second query set to the plurality of remotely programmable apparatuses, such that each apparatus obtains responses to the second query set from the individual, and transmits the responses to the second query set for storage in the database; and
an application server connected to the workstation, the application server having a plurality of programs configured to retrieve and process the responses to the first and second query sets stored in the database and to present reports having a probability statement of disease occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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