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Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China
BACKGROUND: For years, emerging infectious diseases have appeared worldwide and threatened the health of people. The emergence and spread of an infectious-disease outbreak are usually unforeseen, and have the features of suddenness and uncertainty. Timely understanding of basic information in the fi...
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054842 |
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author | Li, Ya-pin Fang, Li-qun Gao, Su-qing Wang, Zhen Gao, Hong-wei Liu, Peng Wang, Ze-rui Li, Yan-li Zhu, Xu-guang Li, Xin-lou Xu, Bo Li, Yin-jun Yang, Hong de Vlas, Sake J. Shi, Tao-xing Cao, Wu-chun |
author_facet | Li, Ya-pin Fang, Li-qun Gao, Su-qing Wang, Zhen Gao, Hong-wei Liu, Peng Wang, Ze-rui Li, Yan-li Zhu, Xu-guang Li, Xin-lou Xu, Bo Li, Yin-jun Yang, Hong de Vlas, Sake J. Shi, Tao-xing Cao, Wu-chun |
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description | BACKGROUND: For years, emerging infectious diseases have appeared worldwide and threatened the health of people. The emergence and spread of an infectious-disease outbreak are usually unforeseen, and have the features of suddenness and uncertainty. Timely understanding of basic information in the field, and the collection and analysis of epidemiological information, is helpful in making rapid decisions and responding to an infectious-disease emergency. Therefore, it is necessary to have an unobstructed channel and convenient tool for the collection and analysis of epidemiologic information in the field. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Baseline information for each county in mainland China was collected and a database was established by geo-coding information on a digital map of county boundaries throughout the country. Google Maps was used to display geographic information and to conduct calculations related to maps, and the 3G wireless network was used to transmit information collected in the field to the server. This study established a decision support system for the response to infectious-disease emergencies based on WebGIS and mobile services (DSSRIDE). The DSSRIDE provides functions including data collection, communication and analyses in real time, epidemiological detection, the provision of customized epidemiological questionnaires and guides for handling infectious disease emergencies, and the querying of professional knowledge in the field. These functions of the DSSRIDE could be helpful for epidemiological investigations in the field and the handling of infectious-disease emergencies. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The DSSRIDE provides a geographic information platform based on the Google Maps application programming interface to display information of infectious disease emergencies, and transfers information between workers in the field and decision makers through wireless transmission based on personal computers, mobile phones and personal digital assistants. After a 2-year practice and application in infectious disease emergencies, the DSSRIDE is becoming a useful platform and is a useful tool for investigations in the field carried out by response sections and individuals. The system is suitable for use in developing countries and low-income districts. |
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spelling | pubmed-35530972013-01-31 Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China Li, Ya-pin Fang, Li-qun Gao, Su-qing Wang, Zhen Gao, Hong-wei Liu, Peng Wang, Ze-rui Li, Yan-li Zhu, Xu-guang Li, Xin-lou Xu, Bo Li, Yin-jun Yang, Hong de Vlas, Sake J. Shi, Tao-xing Cao, Wu-chun PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: For years, emerging infectious diseases have appeared worldwide and threatened the health of people. The emergence and spread of an infectious-disease outbreak are usually unforeseen, and have the features of suddenness and uncertainty. Timely understanding of basic information in the field, and the collection and analysis of epidemiological information, is helpful in making rapid decisions and responding to an infectious-disease emergency. Therefore, it is necessary to have an unobstructed channel and convenient tool for the collection and analysis of epidemiologic information in the field. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Baseline information for each county in mainland China was collected and a database was established by geo-coding information on a digital map of county boundaries throughout the country. Google Maps was used to display geographic information and to conduct calculations related to maps, and the 3G wireless network was used to transmit information collected in the field to the server. This study established a decision support system for the response to infectious-disease emergencies based on WebGIS and mobile services (DSSRIDE). The DSSRIDE provides functions including data collection, communication and analyses in real time, epidemiological detection, the provision of customized epidemiological questionnaires and guides for handling infectious disease emergencies, and the querying of professional knowledge in the field. These functions of the DSSRIDE could be helpful for epidemiological investigations in the field and the handling of infectious-disease emergencies. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The DSSRIDE provides a geographic information platform based on the Google Maps application programming interface to display information of infectious disease emergencies, and transfers information between workers in the field and decision makers through wireless transmission based on personal computers, mobile phones and personal digital assistants. After a 2-year practice and application in infectious disease emergencies, the DSSRIDE is becoming a useful platform and is a useful tool for investigations in the field carried out by response sections and individuals. The system is suitable for use in developing countries and low-income districts. Public Library of Science 2013-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3553097/ /pubmed/23372780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054842 Text en © 2013 Li et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Ya-pin Fang, Li-qun Gao, Su-qing Wang, Zhen Gao, Hong-wei Liu, Peng Wang, Ze-rui Li, Yan-li Zhu, Xu-guang Li, Xin-lou Xu, Bo Li, Yin-jun Yang, Hong de Vlas, Sake J. Shi, Tao-xing Cao, Wu-chun Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title | Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title_full | Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title_fullStr | Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title_short | Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China |
title_sort | decision support system for the response to infectious disease emergencies based on webgis and mobile services in china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054842 |
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