Steven Bedrick / Community Member
Steven studies the various roles that informatics tools play in public health. And particularly interested in ways to use informatics to increase infectious disease response capabilities in the developing world.
What does TriSano® mean to you?
“TriSano® demonstrates the power of an iterative, user-centered software design process. By focusing on the actual needs and workflows of the system’s day-to-day users, the developers have built at system that is far more likely to succeed than systems built using more traditional development methodologies. Put bluntly, a poorly-designed system that does not meet the needs of front-line public health workers will not end up being used properly (if indeed it ends up being used at all), and will lead to incomplete and untrustworthy data. The inverse of this statement is not exactly true—a good system does not automatically ensure good data—but I would argue that a good system is a necessary precondition for good data collection. To the extent that TriSano®, through its user-centered design, helps its users collect comprehensive and reliable data about cases of infectious disease, it will make researchers’ and epidemiologists’ jobs much easier.“
