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Last updated: February 17, 2009

Occupational Health Informatics




Occupational Health Strategies publishes the Guidebook of Occupational Health Informatics as a service for the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). It has been used since 1988 by clinics, corporations, libraries, and health professional schools wordwide.


The price of the Guidebook is $90 (or $75 for members of ACOEM) and can be ordered from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1114 North Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4770, Attn: Marianne Dreger, Director of Publications, mdreger@acoem.org, (847) 818-1800, Fax (847) 818-9266.



Table of Contents: 11th edition



Foreword
James K. Ross, MD, MBA, Chair, ACOEM Medical Informatics Section
III
About the Authors
7
Introduction
Kent W. Peterson, MD, CIME, MRO, FACOEM
9

Part I: The Articles


The Evolution, Use and Future of Occupational Health Informatics
Kent W. Peterson, MD, CIME, MRO, FACOEM, Barry A. Cooper, MHA, Todd D. Kissam
13
Selecting PC-Based Hardware & Generic PC Software
Todd D. Kissam
37
Protocols, Guidelines, Profiles, Procedures, Algorithms
Kent W. Peterson, MD, CIME, MRO, FACOEM
53
Successfully Using the Internet as an OEM Professional
Geoffrey Kelafant, MD, MSPH, FACOEM
57
The HL-7 Standard
Joseph J. Fanucchi, MD, FACOEM
61
Speech Recognition in Occupational Medicine:
An Introduction
James K. Ross, MD, MBA
65
Voice Activated Software: Useful Even for the Good Typist
Leon A. Le Leu, MD, MBBS, MPH, FAFOM
67
The Science Behind Automatic Speech Recognition
Larry Allen
71
Effectively Quantifying Quality in Information Systems: EQQIIS©2000
James K. Ross, MD, MBA
75
Glossary of Computer Terms
Joseph J. Fanucchi, MD, FACOEM
85


Part II: Software Listed Alphabetically by Category



Integrated Health Data Management Systems

DataPipe™: Knorr Associates, Inc 100
Medgate: Medgate, Inc
104
OccuLink.net: OccuLink, Inc
108
Occupational Health Manager™: Unique Software Solutions, Inc
112

Occupational Health Clinic Management/Tracking

Careware for Occupational Medicine: American Institute of Medical Management
118
ClickON™ Care for Occupational Health Management: The SSI Group, Inc
122
EH/COMP: Occupational Health Software
126
SystemsMediTrax: Occupational Health Systems, Inc
130
OccuTrack™: OR Medsoft Group, Inc
134
OHSSYS: Quantum Computing Limited
138
Respond! For Windows: Infection Control and Prevention Analysts
142
STIX®, The Employee Health & Safety System,
Hospital Employee Version: Integritas
146
STIX®, The Occupational Health & Safety System™,
Corporate & Industrial Version: Integritas
150
STIX®, The Occupational Health & Safety System™,
Provider Clinic Version: Integritas
154
The StolaSystem®: Stolas Group
158
SYSTOC®: Occupational Health Research
162

Ergonomics/Health Promotion

3D Static Strength Prediction Program™ &
Metabolic Energy Expenditure Prediction:
University of Michigan Technology Management Office
168
Personal Health Evaluation™: Occupational Health Strategies, Inc
172

Chemical & Environmental Information and Regulation

Canadian enviroOSH Legislation Series:
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
178
ChemKnowledge™, DrugKnowledge™ & RegsKnowledge™: Micromedex
180
RegScan for Windows: RegScan, Inc
184

Decision Support/Epidemiology/Statistics

Epi Info 2000 & Epi Info V.6: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
186
Occupational Cohort Mortality Analysis Program-PLUS: University of Pittsburgh
188

Part III: The Appendices



Software Title Index
192
Vendor Index
193