Surveillance Investigation Tool Development Targeted for Results

The Automated Hospital Emergency Department Data System is designed to detect early indicators of bioterrorism events and naturally occurring public health threats. Four investigatory tools have been developed with drill-down detail reporting: 1. Syndromic Alerting, 2. Chief Complaint Data Mining, 3. ICD9 Code Disease, and 4. Influenza-Like-Illness Tracking.

All analysis processing runs on the server in seconds using ORACLE PL/SQL stored procedures and arrays.

Objective

This paper details the development of electronic surveillance tools by Communicable Disease Surveillance, which have increased detection and investigation capabilities.