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Automated Syndromic Surveillance System in Los Angeles County
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The Los Angeles County (LAC) Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Unit has made significant progress in automating the syndromic surveillance system. The surveillance system receives electronic data on a daily basis from different hospital… read more… Private Network (VPN) and text file via secure FTP and e-mail. A password-protected secure web server has been … countywide coverage is approximately 30% of total ED visits. The system automatically runs once per day, … to detect disease clusters and outbreaks. Use of e-mail as a data transport tool is less reliable and secure …