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CDC WONDER on the Web

A Friede1, P W O'Carroll, R B Thralls

  • 1Information Resources Management Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Proceedings : a Conference of the American Medical Informatics Association. AMIA Fall Symposium
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WONDER, a public health information system, was enhanced with a Web version. This expansion improves access to vital public health data and surveillance resources.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health Informatics
  • Information Systems Architecture

Background:

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed WONDER as a comprehensive information system.
  • The original architecture supported 26 databases and public health surveillance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report extensions made to the CDC WONDER information system architecture.
  • To introduce the development and implementation of a Web-based version of CDC WONDER.

Main Methods:

  • Extending the existing information system architecture.
  • Developing a Web-based interface for public access.

Main Results:

  • A functional Web version of the CDC WONDER system was successfully created.
  • The new version provides access via http:@wonder.cdc.gov.

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Conclusions:

  • The architectural extensions enabled the creation of a publicly accessible Web version of CDC WONDER.
  • This Web version enhances access to public health data and surveillance capabilities.