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This scoping review aims to explore emergent public health surveillance methods during the early COVID-19 pandemic to characterize the impact of the pandemic on surveillance methods. Methods A scoping search was conducted in multiple databases and by scanning key government and public health organization...
SURVEY OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPLICATIONS The following sections are included:IntroductionDisease SurveillanceReference Architecture for Model ExtractionProblem DomainData SourcesDetection MethodsSummary and ConclusionAcknowledgmentReferences Introduction Disease Surveillance Re... ...
Implemented properly, the use of EHR to support public health surveillance has enormous potential to focus and strengthen infection prevention activities in dialysis facilities. Systematic, ongoing validation efforts will be vital to ensure that reported data are accurate, permit valid comparisons of ...
The worldwide spread of antimicrobial resistance is now recognised as a global public health threat. Owing to the geographical heterogeneity, complexity and continuously evolving dynamics of resistant organisms and genes, surveillance is a key tool for understanding, measuring and informing actions in the...
Methods We analysed the whole genome sequences of S. Typhimurium isolates from UK patients that were generated following the introduction of routine whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Salmonella enterica by Public Health England in 2014. Results We found that 2.7% (84/3147) of S. Typhimurium from...
The development of methods for public health surveillance in Medicaid populations is an important goal for public health practice. In Oregon, we developed approaches to case finding using claims and self-reported data obtained from the Medicaid beneficiary population. Disease rosters, derived from claims...
National disease surveillance programs are maintained by most countries in the world. The methods used to report cases, the diseases to be reported, the analyses, and the type and frequency of reports vary, but the value and impor- tance of surveillance is universally recognized. A num- ber ...
However, traditional public health surveillance methods face substantial technological and privacy-related barriers to data sharing. This study developed a novel data-sharing approach to improve the timeliness and quality of HIV surveillance data in three jurisdictions where persons may often travel across...
To investigate the potential contribution of public health surveillance systems to the health of children and workers in out-of-home child-care settings, we review existing public health surveillance practice in the United States. We identify issues that are of particular concern for surveillance in ...