Reconstructing the medical intelligence framework: an integration of the health-risk approach into the process of intelligence analysis

The increasing prevalence of threats within the health domain has urged the establishment of the medical intelligence field. As the first line of the health security system, medical intelligence focuses on detecting and preventing health-related threats, as well as analysing the risks of each of those threats. Therefore, integrating the health-risk approach within the intelligence analysis process is essential for medical intelligence development. This integration process leads to the formulation of risk-based intelligence analysis, which can be applied as a new framework in the field of medical intelligence.