An Experimental Fully Automatic Syndromic Surveillance in Japan

Since we donít know when such a disaster may occur, we have to perform this syndromic surveillance routinely, and thus the system should be automatic. Namely, information is drawn from electronic medical records (EMR), and is statistical analyzed, aberrations are detected and then Results are reported by e-mail or HP. It is preferable that this system be fully automatic. Though many systems of this type have been developed in the US, they have not been well developed in Japan. So as to develop such a system, we made a prototype system and have been performing prospectively and evaluating the system.