4126.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Bioterrorism Preparedness: Local/State Health Department Information Systems Infrastructure Development

Session co-sponsored by Medical Care #4428, #5143, #4654
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):George A. Million, MPH
12:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
12:35 PMLinking centers for Public Health Preparedness and local health departments
Zarnaaz Rauf, MPH, Michael Fraser, PhD
1:00 PMTexas Health Alert Network
Michael Mastrangelo
1:25 PMUse the New York State Health Information Network (HIN) during the West Nile Virus outbreak. The real time application of a "Health Alert Network (HAN)" during a public health emergency
Ivan J. Gotham, PhD, Perry F. Smith, MD, Dale L. Morse, MD, MS, Kathleen A. Carlton, Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH
1:50 PMDiscussion
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Epidemiology

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA