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Integrated spatiotemporal surveillance system: Data, Analysis and Visualization
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Most surveillance methods in the literature focus on temporal aberration detections with data aggregated to certain geographical boundaries. SaTScan has been widely used for spatiotemporal aberration detection due to its user friendly software… read more -
Characterizing Public Health Actions in Response to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts
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Public health in Ontario, Canada has no standardized system for carrying out syndromic surveillance. Previous research had demonstrated wide variation in the implementation of syndromic surveillance. Objective: To describe… read more -
The Impact of Standardized Decision Support on Syndromic Surveillance in Alberta
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Syndromic surveillance uses pre-diagnostic data to inform communicable disease prevention and control. Among health zones in the province of Alberta, Canada, practices employed by public health when using elementary school illness-cause absenteeism… read more