ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
A multi-function public health surveillance system and the lessons learned in its development: the Alberta Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Net.
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- Public health delivery in the information age: the role of informatics and technology.Perspectives in public health · 2019Review
- A review of the role of public health informatics in healthcare.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2017Article
- Influenza-like illness-related emergency department visits: Christmas and New Year holiday peaks and relationships with laboratory-confirmed respiratory virus detections, Edmonton, Alberta, 2004-2014.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2017Article
- Public health surveillance response following the southern Alberta floods, 2013.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2016Article
- National and Regional Representativeness of Hospital Emergency Department Visit Data in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program, United States, 2014.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2016Article
- Characterization of enterovirus activity, including that of enterovirus D68, in pediatric patients in Alberta, Canada, in 2014.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2015Article
- Perceived usefulness of syndromic surveillance in Ontario during the H1N1 pandemic.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2012Article
- The past, present, and future of public health surveillance.Scientifica · 2012Review
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18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveWe describe a centralized automated multi-function detection and reporting system for public health surveillance--the Alberta Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Net (ARTSSN). This improves upon traditional paper-based systems which are often fragmented, limited by incomplete data collection and inadequate analytical capacity, and incapable of providing timely information for public health action.
methodsARTSSN concurrently analyzes multiple electronic data sources in real time to describe results in tables, charts and maps. Detected anomalies are immediately disseminated via alerts to decision-makers for action.
resultsARTSSN provides richly integrated information on a variety of health conditions for early detection of and prompt action on abnormal events such as clusters, outbreaks and trends. Examples of such health conditions include chronic and communicable disease, injury and environment-mediated adverse incidents. DISCUSSION: Key advantages of ARTSSN over traditional paper-based methods are its timeliness, comprehensiveness and automation. Public health surveillance of communicable disease, injury, environmental hazard exposure and chronic disease now occurs in a single system in real time year round. Examples are given to demonstrate the public health value of this system, particularly during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009.
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