Prepared by:
University of California San Francisco-Stanford
Evidence-based Practice Center
Dena M. Bravata, M.D., M.S., Project Director
Kathryn McDonald, M.M., UCSF-Stanford EPC Coordinator
Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S., Principal Investigator
David Buckeridge, M.D., M.P.H.
Corinna Haberland, M.D.
Chara Rydzak, B.A.
Mark Schleinitz, M.D.
Wendy M. Smith, B.A.
Herbert Szeto, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Section Contributors
Dean Wilkening, Ph.D.
Mark Musen, M.D., Ph.D.
Bradford W. Duncan, M.D.
Bahman Nouri, M.D.
Mariana B. Dangiolo, M.D.
Hau Liu, M.D.
Scott Shofer, M.D., Ph.D.
Justin Graham, M.D.
Sheryl Davies, M.S.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 3 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02acknol.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 20KB 1 page Contents: Acknowledgments __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03abstr.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 23KB 2 pages Contents: Structured Abstract __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 122KB 4 pages Contents: Table of Contents __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 66KB 11 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Conclusions, Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 4 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Background Information, The Purpose of the Evidence Report, Scope of Work __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 159KB 13 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methods: Technical Expert Advisory Panels; Target Population; Identification of Key Questions; Conceptual Model; Task Decomposition; Development of Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria; Literature Sources; Search Terms and Strategies; Abstract Review; Data Abstraction; Development of Quality Evaluation Systems; Reviews and Revisions of Draft Evidence Report __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 3.5MB 170 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Conceptual Model; Task Decomposition; Search Results; Overview of Included Systems; Detection and Diagnostic Systems; Management and Prevention Systems; Surveillance Systems; Reporting and Communication Systems; Integrated Surveillance, Communication, and Command and Control Systems; Quality Evaluations; Technical Information About the IT/DSSs; Summary: Answers to the Key Questions __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 6 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Systems for Detecting a Covert Bioterrorist Attack; Systems for Responding to a Known Bioterrorist Attack; Limitations __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 27KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 255KB 28 pages Contents: References __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12etbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 538KB 25 pages Contents: Evidence Table 1. Detection Systems: Collection Systems; Particulate Counters and Biomass Indicators; Identification Systems; Integrated Collection and Identification Systems __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13etbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 173KB 5 pages Contents: Evidence Table 2. Other Diagnostic DSSs __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14etbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 239KB 9 pages Contents: Evidence Table 3. Management and Prevention Systems: Antibiotic Recommendation Programs; Intensive Care Management Systems; Pneumonia Management System; Other Management DSSs __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15etbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 242KB 10 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4. Quality Evaluation of Peer-reviewed Articles for Systems for Detection, Diagnosis, Management or Communication __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16etbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 222KB 6 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5. Quality Evaluation of Reports of Surveillance Systems __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 209KB 16 pages Contents: Bibliography __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 131KB 1 page Contents: Appendix A. Acronyms and Abbreviations __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 121KB 1 page Contents: Appendix B. Alphabetical List of Expert Advisors __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 217KB 8 pages Contents: Appendix C. Abstraction Form: Peer-Reviewed Articles __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 122KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix D. Alphabetical List of Peer-Reviewers __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22appe.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 211KB 3 pages Contents: Appendix E. Results of MEDLINE® Search __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23appf.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 240KB 6 pages Contents: Appendix F. Results of Searches of Other Databases of Peer-Reviewed Articles and Selected Government Agency Web Sites __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24appg.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 119KB 1 page Contents: Appendix G. Results of Copernic® Internet Searches __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25apph.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 558KB 15 pages Contents: Appendix H. Sources of Information for Included IT/DSSs __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26appi.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 360KB 11 pages Contents: Appendix I. Index of Systems __________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E028
Current as of June 2002
Internet Citation:
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Use of Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 59. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E028, June 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/bioitinv.htm
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