Open AccessTHE AUTOMATION OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
Author(s) -
Mathews John A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1982.tb00359.x
Subject(s) - automation , hazard , epidemiological surveillance , medical emergency , computer science , epidemiology , occupational safety and health , control (management) , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , pathology , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
A number of companies have introduced systems of automated medical surveillance in the past few years. The computer blocks of information which they store can be used to carry out prospective concurrent epidemiological monitoring or to perform case control studies where a hazard is suspected. This paper reviews the various systems in operation, distils from them the principles of a sound system and discusses recent developments in Australia.