MoH+: A Global, Integrated, and Automated View of Official Outbreak Reporting

Authors

  • Chi Bahk Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Dept of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
  • David Scales Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Sumiko Mekaru Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Dept of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
  • John S. Brownstein Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Dept of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
  • Clark Freifeld Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4479

Abstract

HealthMap's MoH+ feed (healthmap.org/mohplus) collects surveillance data published globally by official government sources, including ministries of health, government affiliated research organizations, and international governing bodies. Using this integrated, automated, and real-time tool, timeliness of outbreak reporting between official and unofficial sources are compared.

Author Biography

Chi Bahk, Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital; Dept of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health

Chi Bahk is an analyst at HealthMap pursuing her master's degree in Global Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her areas of interest are emerging infectious disease surveillance and policy, and she joined HealthMap in March 2012 as the MoH+ feed developer and curator.

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Published

2013-03-29

How to Cite

Bahk, C., Scales, D., Mekaru, S., Brownstein, J. S., & Freifeld, C. (2013). MoH+: A Global, Integrated, and Automated View of Official Outbreak Reporting. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4479

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Oral Presentations: Social and News Media