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Epidemiological Information System feasability/pilot study summary
| Title: | Epidemiological Information System feasability/pilot study summary |
| Authors: | Johnson, Z.
Johnson, H |
| Publisher: | Eastern Health Board (EHB) |
| Issue Date: | Feb-1986 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/247971 |
| Type: | Study |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | Much health data is stored on computer In Ireland, but it is
difficult for those who are responsible for planning and delivery
of health services to get at it. Most data is not coded for
small geographical area or for social class, both of which
omissions greatly limit its use fulness . Because of economic
circumstances, resources for health care are scarce but
allocation of what is available is somewhat haphazard. There
appears to be no mechanism for targeting resources into the
areas of greatest need.
This is the background which gave rise to the Epidemiological
Information System (EIS) concept. The EIS is a health
information system which brings together health data from diverse
sources, coded for small area of known population structure, and
for social class. The data is then used to identify health
black spots and high risk groups. The system would have the
potential to answer a vast range of ad hoc questions quickly (see
fig.l)
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of the
EIS, to test its feasibility, to work out how it could capture
the required data and to quantify the cost of its development. |
| Keywords: | EPIDEMIOLOGY
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
DATA ANALYSIS |
| Appears in Collections: | EHB Publications
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