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The Tradeoffs Driving Policy and Research Decisions in Biosurveillance
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Every public health monitoring operation faces important decisions in its design phase. These include information sources to be used, the aggregation of data in space and time, the filtering of data records for required… read more… alerting methods, we used 3 years of outpatient clinic visit data in which records were classified by syndrome and … -
Using Electronic Surveillance Systems in Resource-Poor Settings: Why and How
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Difficulties in timely acquisition and interpretation of accurate data on communicable diseases can impede outbreak detection and control. These limitations are of global importance: they contribute to avoidable morbidity,… read more… challenges. METHODS Information gained during site visits to functioning disease surveillance systems in … resource poor areas. The pre-existing electronic health care data, which are the hallmark of electronic disease … the commitment of government, politicians, and the health care community at all levels. Software and hardware for data … -
Analytic disease surveillance methodology based on emulation of experienced human monitors
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Recently published studies evaluate statistical alerting methods for disease surveillance based on detection of modeled signals in a data background of either authentic historical data or randomized samples. Differences in regional… read more… quality and timeliness of data, symptomatology, and the care- seeking behavior of the monitored population. For this …