Using Syndromic Surveillance for All-Hazards Public Health Surveillance: Successes, Challenges, and the Future

Public Health Rep. 2017 Jul/Aug;132(1_suppl):3S-6S. doi: 10.1177/0033354917708995.

Authors

Paula W Yoon¹, Amy I Ising², Julia E Gunn³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² 2 Carolina Center for Health Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
³ 3 Communicable Disease Control Division, Infectious Disease Bureau, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: electronic health record; emergency department data; surveillance; syndromic surveillance.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Public Health Surveillance / methods*
Sentinel Surveillance*
United States