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The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more… systems use information rou-tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints and physician … systems use information rou- tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints (CC) and physician diagnostic coding [1,2]. These sources of …