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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:38 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by Arizona State University


Health Officials Use New ASU Software to Help Allocate H1N1 Vaccine across the Phoenix Area

H1N1 is now widespread in all but two states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Arizona health officials are working hard to make sure those who most need the vaccine are able to get it. In the Phoenix area, Maricopa County public health officials are using an innovative new software...

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"This decision-support system factors in the relevant information, such as vaccine doses, which doctors and hospitals can best utilize the vaccine based on the types of high or low-risk patient populations they serve, where previous doses have been distributed and where the vaccine dissemination would be most effective, and with the touch of a few buttons, it maps out the suggested vaccine distribution to best manage the outbreak" explains Ajay Vinze...
Health Officials Use New ASU Software to Help Allocate H1N1 Vaccine across the Phoenix Area [Arizona State University - 11/04/2009]
...the new software. "While the system's suggestions account for a number of issues, both strategic and tactical, the final decision and ability to make needed adjustments are still left to the public health professionals and their expertise."
Health Officials Use New ASU Software to Help Allocate H1N1 Vaccine across the Phoenix Area [Arizona State University - 11/04/2009]
"Now, public health officials can focus on the key decisions, while allowing this decision-support tool to make the needed optimizations" says W P Carey School...
Health Officials Use New ASU Software to Help Allocate H1N1 Vaccine across the Phoenix Area [Arizona State University - 11/04/2009]

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