topic Disease mapping and application standards in Health and Human Services Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/health-and-human-services-questions/disease-mapping-and-application-standards/m-p/284805#M125 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am a medical entomologist with expertise in GIS. It seems that there are many sources for disease information, some very well developed, but these sources are not compatible with each other. I think there is a need for standardization and documented best practices in disease mapping and operations so that&nbsp; information and data can be universally shared.</P><P></P><P>A specific example is the Zika epidemic. There doesn't seem to be consistent communication between field workers, decision makers, and researchers; each have their own vendors and systems many of which are not compatible with each other. This is a handicap in coordination and ultimate control of the disease. </P><P></P><P>I have been tossing around the idea of organizing a consortium of academic and industry leaders in entomology to establish standards and best practices but I am not sure if there is already somone doing this. </P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if there are any standards in place for disease mapping and application? Is there already a group working on establishing standards?</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Ben]</P><P>]</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:14:06 GMT BenSperry 2016-03-02T22:14:06Z Disease mapping and application standards https://community.esri.com/t5/health-and-human-services-questions/disease-mapping-and-application-standards/m-p/284805#M125 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am a medical entomologist with expertise in GIS. It seems that there are many sources for disease information, some very well developed, but these sources are not compatible with each other. I think there is a need for standardization and documented best practices in disease mapping and operations so that&nbsp; information and data can be universally shared.</P><P></P><P>A specific example is the Zika epidemic. There doesn't seem to be consistent communication between field workers, decision makers, and researchers; each have their own vendors and systems many of which are not compatible with each other. This is a handicap in coordination and ultimate control of the disease. </P><P></P><P>I have been tossing around the idea of organizing a consortium of academic and industry leaders in entomology to establish standards and best practices but I am not sure if there is already somone doing this. </P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if there are any standards in place for disease mapping and application? Is there already a group working on establishing standards?</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Ben]</P><P>]</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:14:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/health-and-human-services-questions/disease-mapping-and-application-standards/m-p/284805#M125 BenSperry 2016-03-02T22:14:06Z