Leveraging Public Health Emergency Informatics during the Fungal Infections Outbreak, Tennessee - 2012 | Zendy

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Leveraging Public Health Emergency Informatics during the Fungal Infections Outbreak, Tennessee - 2012

Author(s) -

R. L. Murphree,

Paul Petersen,

Laina Stanford,

Jeff C. Sexton,

Tonya McKennley,

James Milliken,

Tristan Victoroff,

Robert Newsad,

Joseph Roth

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5125

Subject(s) - methylprednisolone acetate , outbreak , pharmacy , medicine , informatics , medical emergency , public health , presentation (obstetrics) , health informatics , methylprednisolone , family medicine , nursing , engineering , virology , surgery , electrical engineering

Late in September 2012, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) deployed a web-based application for emergency management of ~1,100 patients at-risk of life-threatening fungal infections following epidural injection of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) from a single compounding pharmacy. The custom information system and its successful use in providing situational awareness and decision support during the fungal infections outbreak will be highlighted in this presentation.

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