Citation

Garrett NY, Yasnoff WA, Kumar V. AMIA Annu. Symp. Proc. 2003; ePub(ePub): 849.

Affiliation

Public Health Information, Division of Informatics and Knowledge Systems Branch Management, PHPPO/OD, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Medical Informatics Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14728354

PMCID

PMC1479914

Abstract

In a public health emergency, it becomes necessary for public health agencies to provide timely, accurate and useful information to the community. During the anthrax attacks, the Public Health Practice Program Office in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented a knowledge management (KM) system to respond to an increased number of inquiries from public health officials, first responders, and health care professionals as well as the general public. While it is possible to successfully implement a knowledge management system quickly in a crisis situation, additional challenges to sustainability may result from shortchanging the normal decision-making channels.

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