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Syndromic Surveillance Revolution? Public Health Benefits of Modernizing the Emergency Care Patient Health Record in England
Content Type: Journal Article
Emergency medicine is a recognized specialty in the United Kingdom (UK), with formal training and accreditation conducted and governed by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Health care in the UK is publicly funded and provided by the… read more -
Evaluating Syndromic Surveillance Systems
Content Type: Abstract
While results from syndromic surveillance systems are commonly presented in the literature, few systems appear to have been thoroughly evaluated to examine which events can and cannot be detected, the time to detection and the efficacy of different… read more -
Using Scenarios and Simulations to Validate Syndromic Surveillance Systems
Content Type: Abstract
Whilst the sensitivity and specificity of traditional laboratory-based surveillance can be readily estimated, the situation is less clear cut for syndromic surveillance. Syndromic surveillance indicators based upon presenting symptoms, chief… read more -
A Syndromic Surveillance Service Supporting Environmental Public Health Incidents
Content Type: Abstract
Public Health England has developed a suite of syndromic surveillance systems, collecting data from a number of health care sources, and linking to public health action to try and improve the public health benefit of the surveillance.1 We aim to… read more -
The Burden of Seasonal Respiratory Pathogens on a New National Telehealth System
Content Type: Abstract
Seasonal rises in respiratory illnesses are a major burden on primary care services. Public Health England (PHE), in collaboration with NHS 111, coordinate a national surveillance system based upon the daily calls received at the NHS 111 telehealth… read more -
Ensuring the Week Goes Smoothly - Improving Daily Surveillance Visualization
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Real-time syndromic surveillance requires daily surveillance of a range of health data sources. Most real-time data sources from health care systems exhibit large day of the week fluctuations as service provision and patient behaviour varies by day… read more -
Using Bayesian Networks to Assist Decision-Making in Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance systems often produce large numbers of detections due to excess activity (alarms) in their indicators. Few alarms are classified as alerts (public health events that may require a response). Decision-making in syndromic… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens using Routine ED Data in England
Content Type: Abstract
Within the UK, previous syndromic surveillance studies have used statistical estimation to describe the activity of respiratory pathogens. The Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System (EDSSS) was initially developed in preparation of… read more