scholarly journals A Multi-function Public Health Surveillance System and the Lessons Learned in Its Development: The Alberta Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Net

2010 ◽  
Vol 101 (6) ◽  
pp. 454-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihe Fan ◽  
Corinne Blair ◽  
Angela Brown ◽  
Stephan Gabos ◽  
Lance Honish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

scholarly journals Technical Description of RODS: A Real-time Public Health Surveillance System

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Chiang Tsui ◽  
Jeremy U. Espino ◽  
Virginia M. Dato ◽  
Per H. Gesteland ◽  
Judith Hutman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Technical Description ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

scholarly journals Piloting Electronic Case Reporting for Improved Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Utah

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Whipple ◽  
Joseph Jackson ◽  
Joshua Ridderhoff ◽  
Allyn K. Nakashima
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

Objectives: The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) developed an electronic case reporting (eCR) process to automatically transfer clinical data from a provider to the state health department, with aims of improving sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance data quality, decreasing the time spent on STD case investigations, and expanding the process to other diseases and larger healthcare systems.Methods: Reportable Conditions Trigger Codes (RCTC) were placed into the electronic health record (EHR) system at Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) to trigger the automatic transfer of clinical data to Utah’s public health surveillance system. Received data were deduplicated, processed, and assigned directly to the public health surveillance system, with minimal manual intervention.Results: Eighteen new data elements, important for STD case investigations, were transferred to cases with eCR. Additionally, the clinical time spent transmitting data was vastly reduced. With the new eCR process more complete and timely data is received by public health. Providers, as well as public health, now spend less time manually transmitting clinical data by fax and/or phone.Discussion: Automated processes are challenging but can be achieved with a robust disease surveillance system, flexible rules engine, skillful programming, on-going analysis, and successful partnerships. The eCR process created for this project can potentially be useful for other conditions outside of STDs.Conclusion: Results of this demonstration project offer an opportunity for readers to learn about eCR and apply lessons learned to improve their existing eCR systems, or future public health informatics initiatives, at any state-level jurisdiction.

scholarly journals AEGIS: A Robust and Scalable Real-time Public Health Surveillance System

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Y. Reis ◽  
C. Kirby ◽  
L. E. Hadden ◽  
K. Olson ◽  
A. J. McMurry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

scholarly journals A COVID ‐19‐ready public health surveillance system: The FDA 's Sentinel System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelle M. Cocoros ◽  
Candace C. Fuller ◽  
Sruthi Adimadhyam ◽  
Robert Ball ◽  
Jeffrey S. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

scholarly journals Use of Severity Indicators in a Public Health Surveillance System

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda A. Lizewski ◽  
Howard Burkom ◽  
Joseph Lombardo ◽  
Christopher Cuellar ◽  
Yevgeniy Elbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Fusion Model ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Public Health Surveillance System

While other surveillance systems may only use death and admissions as severity indicators, these serious events may overshadow the more subtle severity signals based on appointment type, disposition from an outpatient setting, and whether that patient had to return for care if they their condition has not improved.  This abstract discusses how these additional data fields were utilized in a fusion model to improve the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE).

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