Introduction to Epi Info - Office of Public Health Practice
Introduction to Epi Info - Office of Public Health Practice
Introduction to Epi Info - Office of Public Health Practice
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1976<br />
• The beginning <strong>of</strong> flexible computing in public<br />
health.<br />
• Audi<strong>to</strong>rium A at CDC, converted <strong>to</strong> a war room for<br />
the Swine Flu crisis, was filled with epidemiologists<br />
and a minicomputer the size <strong>of</strong> a refrigera<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
• A program called SOCRATES, written in<br />
FORTRAN, allowed epidemiologists i i <strong>to</strong> define<br />
questions, enter data, and summarize the results in<br />
tabular form without the aid <strong>of</strong> a programmer.
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