Emergint's practices and services are well represented at the PHIN conference

Emergint's practices and services are well represented at the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) conference

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - On August 24-28, 2008, Emergint Technologies, Inc. employee Dibyendu Baksi, Ph.D. was a presenter at the sixth annual Pubic Health Information Network (PHIN) conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The theme, according to CDC's website, was "Public Health Informatics: Collaboration at the Crossroads," which brought together the best of the informatics community in one place. In addition to two presentations featuring Emergint, the company distributed information as an exhibitor throughout the event.

Dibyendu Baksi, Ph.D., Senior Software Architect, Emergint Technologies Inc., presented "Enterprise Integration Patterns in Healthcare Messaging: Architecture, Design and Experiences." Dr. Baksi has performed the role of Chief Software Architect on critical projects in a wide-ranging set of technical domains. His experience encompasses object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, application frameworks, service-oriented architecture, and web services. His presentation at the conference explained the fundamental integration architecture approaches and how they map to evolving platform technologies. He also discussed the relevance of EIPs in Public Health software projects and the work currently in progress at Emergint Technologies, Inc. to migrate their messaging integration product to its next generation using EIPs.

The Kentucky Department for Public Health also presented on "The Kentucky Community Surveillance Project, which uses Emergint technology. The goal of the Kentucky community surveillance project is to improve reportable disease communication between local hospitals and public health. Using locally developed interface engine technology, identity management tools, free Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools such as Google Earth and CDC developed software Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS), Kentucky communities have been able to establish near-real time, hospital-based reporting of infectious diseases. This presentation focused on collaborative, legal, financial and technical aspects of the project.

Emergint's booth at the 2008 PHIN
Conference

In the exhibit hall, attendees received information about Emergint's consultation and information technology services. Marketing materials explained the projects and tools that Emergint has created or been involved with including: Data Collection and Transformation System (DCTS) software, National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS), CDC's Messaging Subscription Services (MSS), BioSense, Harmful Algal Bloom Illness-related Surveillance System (HABISS) and the Kentucky Community Surveillance project.

Representatives from CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) presented a live demo of CDC's HABISS. This unique Surveillance System was developed to support public health decision-making. It includes the collection of human health data and data from animals made ill by exposure to harmful algae bloom toxins. As stated at http://www.cdc.gov/hab/surveillance.htm, "HABISS operates on a secure platform, the Rapid Data Collector (RDC), which was engineered specifically for survey design and data collection." Emergint played a significant role in the design, development and analysis of this project.

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