BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats
Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System, National Research Council
NAS Press | 2011 | ISBN: 0309139716 9780309139717 | 253 pages | PDF | 1 MB

The present volume evaluates the costs and merits of both the current BioWatch program and the plans for a new generation of BioWatch devices. This book also examines infectious disease surveillance through hospitals and public health agencies in the United States, and considers whether BioWatch and traditional infectious disease surveillance are redundant or complementary.

Contents
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
2 THE BIOWATCH SYSTEM
3 EVALUATION OF THE BIOWATCH SYSTEM
4 DETECTING BIOLOGICAL THREATS THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: CURRENT STATUS
5 ENHANCING SURVEILLANCE TO DETECT AND CHARACTERIZE INFECTIOUS DISEASE THREATS
6 BIOWATCH AND ENHANCED NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE RESOURCES
APPENDIXES
A Study Activities
B Glossary
C Summary of Research into the Costs of Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Systems
D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members