H5N1 News: U.S. pandemic flu plan calls for massive data collection
Bob Brewin writes in Government Health IT:
The Bush administration's national Pandemic Influenza Plan calls for a potentially massive effort by state and local health departments to collect data on antiviral medications, which state public officials say is a daunting task.
Under the plan, state and local public health departments will have to collect data on the distribution of antiviral medication. The plan also calls for them to collect information about adverse reactions to antiviral drugs, effectiveness of treatment and development of drug resistance.
Dr. C. Mack Sewell, state epidemiologist at New Mexico’s Department of Health, said the data collection requirement is a tall order, which New Mexico cannot meet at this time. Sewell added that he doubts that many other state and local health departments are ready to meet the data collection mandate.
posted by Fergie @ 11/02/2005 03:48:00 PM
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