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The use of syndromic surveillance for decision-making during the H1N1 pandemic: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Although an increasing number of studies are documenting uses of syndromic surveillance by front line public health, few detail the value added from linking syndromic data to public health decision-making.
Chu Anna, Savage Rachel, Willison Don, Crowcroft Natasha S, Rosella Laura C, Sider Doug, Garay Jason, Gemmill Ian, Winter Anne-Luise, Davies Richard F, Johnson Ian   +10 more
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A Cross-sectional Survey to Assess Awareness of Syndromic Surveillance by Clinicians Practicing Emergency Medicine: An Opportunity for Education and Collaboration

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Syndromic surveillance (SyS) is an important public health tool using de-identified healthcare discharge data from emergency department (ED) and urgent care settings to rapidly identify new health threats and provide insight into current ...
Gabriel Ann Haas, Brittany Hudson-Walsh, Adrienne Malik, Kellie Wark   +3 more
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Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2016
IntroductionSyndromic surveillance aims at augmenting traditional public health surveillance with timely information. To gain a head start, it mainly analyses existing data such as from web searches or patient records. Despite the setup of many syndromic
Alexandra Ziemann, Anne Fouillet, Helmut Brand, Thomas Krafft   +3 more
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Evaluating Detection of an Inhalational Anthrax Outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Timely detection of an inhalational anthrax outbreak is critical for clinical and public health management. Syndromic surveillance has received considerable investment, but little is known about how it will perform relative to routine clinical case ...
David L. Buckeridge, Douglas K. Owens, Paul Switzer, John Frank, Mark A. Musen   +4 more
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Poisson regression charts for the monitoring of surveillance time series [PDF]

, 2006
This paper presents a Poisson control chart for monitoring time series of counts typically arising in the surveillance of infectious diseases. The in-control mean is assumed to be time-varying and linear on the log-scale with intercept and seasonal ...
Höhle, Michael
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Using Ontario's "Telehealth" health telephone helpline as an early-warning system: a study protocol

BMC Health Services Research, 2006
Background The science of syndromic surveillance is still very much in its infancy. While a number of syndromic surveillance systems are being evaluated in the US, very few have had success thus far in predicting an infectious disease event. Furthermore,
Moore Kieran M, Rolland Elizabeth, Robinson Victoria A, McGuinness Don   +3 more
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Demographic and socioeconomic patterns in healthcare-seeking behaviour for respiratory symptoms in England: a comparison with non-respiratory symptoms and between three healthcare services

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective This study will analyse respiratory contacts to three healthcare services that capture more of the community disease burden than acute data sources, such as hospitalisations.
Richard Pebody, Simon de Lusignan, Gillian Smith, Alex J Elliot, Paul R Hunter, Kirsty E Morrison, Felipe J Colón-González, Roger A Morbey, Judith Rutter, Gareth Stuttard, Alex Yeates, Iain R Lake   +11 more
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Syndromic surveillance for influenza in the emergency department-A systematic review.

PLoS ONE, 2013
The science of surveillance is rapidly evolving due to changes in public health information and preparedness as national security issues, new information technologies and health reform.
Katherine M Hiller, Lisa Stoneking, Alice Min, Suzanne Michelle Rhodes   +3 more
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The remarkable adaptability of syndromic surveillance to meet public health needs

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
The goal of syndromic surveillance is the earlier detection of epidemics, allowing a timelier public health response than is possible using traditional surveillance methods.
Beverley J. Paterson, David N. Durrheim
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Approaches to canine health surveillance [PDF]

, 2014
Effective canine health surveillance systems can be used to monitor disease in the general population, prioritise disorders for strategic control and focus clinical research, and to evaluate the success of these measures.
Brodbelt, D C, Church, D B, McGreevy, P D, O'Neill, D G, Sydney, Thomson, P C   +5 more
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