DEChealth: A Comprehensive Occupational Health Information System

Abstract Today, corporations are faced with the responsibility of protecting the health of their employees and the health of the general public through control of the industrial environment. DEChealth, the DEOmed Occupational Health System, developed by an inter-disciplinary team of occupational health professionals and computer engineers, is designed to provide an information management tool in the industrial setting. The DEChealth system enables management to comply with governmental regulations and to meet the increasing demands of employees for information on potential health risks associated with their job. As a comprehensive occupational health surveillance system, employees, agents, and areas are tracked over time and integrated with industrial hygiene data and medical data. In addressing the complex issues of employee health and safety, the DEChealth product offers unique advantages.