Healthcare professionals are not as familiar with the symptoms and
clinical signs of bioterrorism diagnoses/conditions as they ought to be.
Providers also lack the necessary clinical training and experience to
recognize and diagnose bioterrorism conditions.
Isabel addresses this
knowledge gap: if a provider enters (or we can extract these from an
electronic medical record) clinical features, the Isabel system will
remind a user of likely diagnoses that include nerve agents (e.g.
Sarin), chemical agents (e.g. Paraquat), biotoxins (e.g. Abrin), and
emerging infectious diseases (e.g. Anthrax). Clicking on each
bioterrorism diagnosis will give the provider the latest and up-to-date
information from Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USA. Launched May
2005.
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