Although no single approach answers all of the challenges confronting our public health system, the book fulfills many of the requirements by providing: - Point-of-care decision support for physicians, other health care workers, and first responders when confronted with suspected public health diseases and conditions; - A common format and lexicon for all persons and entities involved in public health decisions and for ease of real-time data collection; and - A means for mass education of health care professionals and first responders about specific diseases and conditions.
Although no single approach answers all of the challenges confronting our public health system, the book fulfills many of the requirements by providing: - Point-of-care decision support for physicians, other health care workers, and first responders when confronted with suspected public health diseases and conditions; - A common format and lexicon for all persons and entities involved in public health decisions and for ease of real-time data collection; and - A means for mass education of health care professionals and first responders about specific diseases and conditions.
