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The quality of information presented on health‐related websites—in terms of comprehensiveness, accuracy and consistency—is a public health concern. To date, the consistency of information across Canadian websites devoted to Lyme disease (LD) prevention has not been evaluated. The first aim of this study was to describe the contents and recommendations of LD prevention websites provided by two types...
WebEpi is an epidemiological WebGIS service developed for the Population Health Epidemiology Unit of the Tasmania Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Epidemiological geographical studies help analyze public health surveillance and medical situations. It is still a challenge to conduct large-scale geographical information exploration of epidemiology surveillance based on patterns and relationships...
Timely and effective surveillance is critical for the prevention and control of epidemics. However, due to technical challenges and shortage of human resources, comprehensive and timely data collection required for effective surveillance, especially collection of data about sudden epidemic outbreaks, is still very difficult. In this paper, we propose the use of multi-source web data for epidemic surveillance...
This paper describes the prototype of a diagnosis support system for preventing disease and its interface. The paradigm shift from disease treatment to its prevention is to be advocated. Also improving lifestyles at an early stage of diseases and a better comprehension of clinical data are important. To promote this paradigm shift, we construct a prototype of a medical diagnosis system that supports...
ldquoWeb-based intelligent decision support system for prevention and control of fruit tree diseases and pests rdquo is a integrated agricultural information platform, which uses some high-tech and practical technology, such as pattern recognition technology, fruit tree cultivation and management techniques, pest and disease control technology, intelligent database technology, multimedia and network...
The central piece for healthcare and public health is information. Through the shared use of the Internet and the WWW, for example, elder patients can be "visited, diagnosed, treated and managed" from their homes, with the help of telemedicine systems. This technology also provides society with additional benefits within a global health perspective, with applications ranging from disease...
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