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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Implementing syndromic surveillance: a practical guide informed by the early experience.

Kenneth D Mandl, J Marc Overhage, Michael M Wagner, William B Lober, Paola Sebastiani, Farzad Mostashari, Julie A Pavlin, Per H Gesteland, Tracee Treadwell, Eileen Koski and 4 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract read
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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00142077 (Health Promotion in the Workplace Using Personally Controlled Health Records), which is not on this map. Cited by 170 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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170citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00142077 nacompletednot on this map

Health Promotion in the Workplace Using Personally Controlled Health Records

TypeinterventionalSponsorBoston Children's HospitalRan2005 to 2006Enrolled700ConditionsInfluenzaArmsElectronic health record and messaging system
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

170 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 413 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. When Infodemic Meets Epidemic: Systematic Literature Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025
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  17. Comparison of syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data for unintentional drowning in metropolitan Houston, Texas, USA.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025
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110 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth D MandlChildren's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Center for Biopreparedness, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. kenneth_mandl@harvard.edu
J Marc Overhage
Michael M Wagner
William B Lober
Paola Sebastiani
Farzad Mostashari
Julie A Pavlin
Per H Gesteland
Tracee Treadwell
Eileen Koski
Lori Hutwagner
David L Buckeridge
Raymond D Aller
Shaun Grannis
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

The internship in Biomedical Research, Informatics, and Computer Science (iBRIC): Biomedical Informatics and Data Science research experiences for students from Minority Serving InstitutionsT15LM007059 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HARRY S HOCHHEISER · 1987 to 2026
$23.9M
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEDICAL INFORMATICS TRAININGT15LM007124 · NLM · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Karen Louise Eilbeck · 1997 to 2026
$22.0M
REGENSTRIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPST15LM007117 · NLM · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI FINNELL, JOHN T · 1997 to 2011
$5.0M
Disease Surveillance in Real Time: Geotemporal MethodsR01LM007677 · NLM · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI MANDL, KENNETH D. · 2003 to 2009
$2.9M
IAIMS IMPLEMENTATION--ADVANCING THE ACADEMIC MISSIONG08LM006625 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BARNES, BARBARA E · 1998 to 2002
$1.6M
BIOMEDICAL APLICATIONS OF THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNETN01LM093536 · NLM · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI KOHANE, ISAAC S. · 1999 to 2000
$652k
NLM NIH HHS 01-T15/LM-7124NLM NIH HHS 2 T15 LM07117-06NLM NIH HHS GO8 LM06625-01NLM NIH HHS N01-LM-9-3536NLM NIH HHS R01LM07677-01NLM NIH HHS T15 LM/DE07059ODCDC CDC HHS U90/CCU318753-01PHS HHS 290-00-0009PHS HHS 290-00-0020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Syndromic surveillance refers to methods relying on detection of individual and population health indicators that are discernible before confirmed diagnoses are made. In particular, prior to the laboratory confirmation of an infectious disease, ill persons may exhibit behavioral patterns, symptoms, signs, or laboratory findings that can be tracked through a variety of data sources. Syndromic surveillance systems are being developed locally, regionally, and nationally. The efforts have been largely directed at facilitating the early detection of a covert bioterrorist attack, but the technology may also be useful for general public health, clinical medicine, quality improvement, patient safety, and research. This report, authored by developers and methodologists involved in the design and deployment of the first wave of syndromic surveillance systems, is intended to serve as a guide for informaticians, public health managers, and practitioners who are currently planning deployment of such systems in their regions.

Indexed as

BioterrorismMedical Informatics ApplicationsConfidentialityDisease OutbreaksHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability ActHumansPopulation SurveillancePublic HealthUnited States

Identifiers

PMID14633933
PMCPMC353021
OpenAlexW2118977460

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