[Integrated bulletin for the automated surveillance of notifiable communicable diseases in Schleswig-Holstein (IBISSH). A spatiotemporal early warning system].

The program package "Integrated Bulletin for Infectious disease Surveillance for Schleswig-Holstein" (IBIS(SH)) was introduced in 2008 for the automated data analysis of notifiable infectious diseases in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Java-based IBIS(SH) software supports access to the national SurvNet@RKI reporting data via Access and MS SQL. The aim of the IBIS(SH) system is early warning and interpretation of clusters and monitoring of trends.