OpenESSENCE: Disease Surveillance through Medical Record System Integration with OpenMRS

Authors

  • Charles Hodanics JHU APL, Laurel, MD, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5141

Abstract

By pairing an open source medical record system, OpenMRS, with the Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES) disease surveillance tool, OpenESSENCE (OE), we have prototyped an open source solution for passive disease and program surveillance using an active medical record system.

Author Biography

Charles Hodanics, JHU APL, Laurel, MD, United States

Software Engineer, JHU APL Laurel, MD Charles Hodanics is a software engineer at JHU APL currently supporting the SAGES effort. Charles has helped develop and present software applications in the area of Public Health for JHU APL. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University and a BS (2006) in Computer Science from Capitol College in Laurel, MD.  He obtained Magna Cum Laude degrees from Capitol College, represented the Alpha Chi Honor Society as president, and became the Avrum Gudelsky Memorial Scholar his senior year. Charles has experience with satellite and ground control systems at NASA and the design and development of a multi-agent development environment during his time at Quantum Leap Innovations.  He has designed and developed both desktop clients and web clients during his time at APL.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Hodanics, C. (2014). OpenESSENCE: Disease Surveillance through Medical Record System Integration with OpenMRS. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5141

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Oral Presentations

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