Project Sentinel: Defined
p To increase regional emergency preparedness in
response to terrorism attacks (anthrax, ricin, 9/11)
in the National Capital area
p Biomedical Application to meaningfully connect
Emergency Room information in Metro Washington
n Symptom Recording / Analysis
n Confidential Access to Patient Data
n Geographic Information Systems
n Dramatically Improved Data Visualization
n Coordinated Communications
p Funded by National Library of Medicine grant
p Principal Investigators: Dr. Seong K. Mun and
Georgetown's Imaging Science and Information
Systems Department (ISIS)