Evaluating real-time syndromic surveillance signals from ambulatory care data in four states

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Yih, W Katherine ^a   Deshpande, Swati ^b   Fuller, Candace ^c   Heisey Grove, Dawn ^d   Hsu, John ^e   Kruskal, Benjamin A ^f   Kulldorff, Martin ^a   Leach, Michael ^b   Nordin, James ^g   Patton Levineh, Jessie ^h   Puga, Ella ^h   Sherwood, Edward ⁱ   Shui, Irene ^a   Platt, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^g HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SIGNAL DETECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949099923     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500115     Document Type: Article

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