LHI is a private company based in La Crosse, Wisc. The company provides disease prevention and health information management services to more than 40 federal agencies. Recently the company has been instrumental in ensuring the medical readiness of the Army Reservists deployed to Iraq. LHI has also played a critical role in assisting clinician's responding to outbreaks such as SARS and West Nile Virus. Whether from man-made acts of bio-terrorism, accidental exposure or natural causes, health-related threats have become one of the world's greatest concerns. LHI is playing an important role in helping to reduce the increasing threat of disease to individuals and to homeland security.