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Cross Border Syndromic Surveillance- Overview and Recommendations from an ISDS Consultation Held in Kingston, Ontario Canada, June 11-12th, 2007
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The objectives of the two day International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) funded consultation were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations that address specific, unanswered questions that hinder advances in cross border… read more -
Can Monitoring Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be a Component of an Effective Public Health Influenza Surveillance Strategy?
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Influenza epidemics occur seasonally, impose a high economic burden on the health care system, and are responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality (1). The past century has seen three influenza A pandemics with variable severity. The recent… read more -
Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?
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The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more -
Infection Watch Live- A Real-time, Geospatial Mapping Tool of Hospital Triage Data for Public Consumption
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To inform health professionals and the public directly about real-time utilization of local Emergency Departments for respiratory and gastrointestinal illness to enable enhanced communication and collaboration between Public Health and health care… read more