SITIE - A HEALTH-CARE WORKSTATION INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS

SITIE is a workstation devoted to epidemiological data selection, anal ysis, and representation. Epidemiological data are collected using the French Communicable Diseases computer Network and stored in an Oracle database. Disease selection and spatial and temporal representations can be done using a user friendly graphic interface. SITIE automatical ly generates SQL requests to the Oracle database, extracts the data, p rocesses it according to the user's choice, and represents the data. S ITIE is built upon the AVS graphic package and allows the creation of new applications using previously developed modules linked together to form a network. SITIE can be viewed as a tool box for epidemiological data representations. Three example applications are detailed in orde r to make clear the way a new application can be built using SITIE. Th e reusability of modules is exemplified by a compound application. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.