Stanislaus County Selects Atlas to Provide Software for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Public Health Nurse Case Management
Atlas Development Corporation announced today that Stanislaus County has selected Atlas’ Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Suite as its Web-based disease surveillance, reporting, and case management system.
Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2006 -- Atlas Development Corporation announced today that Stanislaus County has selected Atlas’ Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Suite as its Web-based disease surveillance, reporting, and case management system. The citizens of Stanislaus County are joining the approximately 20 million people currently protected by the Atlas PHIN Suite.
After an extensive search and evaluation process, the health officers of Stanislaus County recognized that Atlas’ expertise in clinical connectivity and the robust features of Atlas’ award-winning PHIN Suite provided the right combination to enhance their disease surveillance operations and strengthen their on-going efforts to protect the public against the spread of communicable disease - from common flu outbreaks to diseases such as Avian Flu and West Nile Virus - as well as the potential dangers of a bio-terrorist attack.
"The Health Services Agency of Stanislaus County investigated several public health software companies during our RFP process and it became clear that only the Atlas PHIN Suite was progressive enough to have all the necessary functionality while maintaining flexibility to support our business rules,” said Lisa Boddy, Project Manager for Stanislaus County HSA. “Since we made the decision to award Atlas the contract, we have been very impressed with their level of commitment and cooperation as they work with us to deploy a disease surveillance and case management system that meets our specific needs."
By reducing manual entry and facilitating standards-based communication between health care providers and public health officials, the Atlas PHIN Suite enables public health officials to respond to threats rapidly and effectively. Utilizing the CDC’s recommended database architecture, HL7 v.3 RIM, The Atlas PHIN Suite provides public health departments with the tools they need to detect and respond in a manner that allows them to effectively manage public health events. The Atlas PHIN Suite gives your health department the following functionality:
| | - Centralized integrated data repository for the central management of enterprise data in a fully PHIN compliant data model derived directly from the HL7 RIM.
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| | - Provide a convenient interface for public health nurses to check in patients, assign patients to case management, track the significant events of cases, and obtain detailed reports on the results.
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| | - Conduct change management/auditing in patient/clients, cases and their investigation statuses.
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| | - Automate standard reporting capabilities including:
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- Targeted Case Management (TCM) Report
- Monthly and Year-to-Date Reported Morbidity Cases
| | - Verify data, including address standardization and duplicate entry checking.
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| | - Provide reporting sources with a secure web-based incident reporting system.
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| | - Receive electronic laboratory reports via HL7.
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| | - Employ a user-configurable automated notification system that can alert anyone through various text enabled devices.
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| | - Centralize your system administration through data dictionaries/utilities that manage business rules and control functionality.
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| | - Perform case investigation and management of communicable diseases, bio-terrorism surveillance data and workflow tracking, data exports and interface to epidemiological and data analysis tools.
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20 MILLION US CITIZENS ARE PROTECED BY ATLAS,
WHY AREN’T YOUR CITIZENS?
To find out more about the Atlas PHIN Suite contact us:
www.AtlasPublicHealth.com
call: +1.818.333.0070 | email: info@AtlasPH.com
About Atlas Public Health
Atlas Public Health is dedicated to the development and deployment of a comprehensive suite of solutions for public agencies and private healthcare providers that strengthen community-based public health incident surveillance and investigation, and facilitate participation in the CDC’s Public Health Information Network. Atlas Public Health is a division of Atlas Development Corporation. For more information contact: info@atlasph.com
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