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Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health
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Effective public health response to emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, and bioterrorism requires access to real-time, accurate information on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance… read more… on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance system in use by the Department of … syndromes, and whether adding laboratory test data to ESSENCE would improve early detection of disease outbreaks. … -
Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness
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To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.… in- creases in respiratory illness. BACKGROUND The ESSENCE surveillance system in use by the Department of … tivities/ESSENCE/ESSENCE.asp>. Microbiology laboratory tests assigned …