ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: UPI
27January2011 2:15pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Bio-Preparedness Collaborative is showcasing a bio-surveillance system for early outbreak threat 
detection.
When complete, the NCB-Prepared system will integrate data from sources as disparate as the environment, animal and human clinical services and food production, processing and distribution to detect emerging health threats more quickly and effectively.
Examples of data used in the system include ambulance calls, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, reports of tainted food and veterinary records. (read full report)
