ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2017
Novel public health risk assessment process developed to support syndromic surveillance for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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- Spike in Asthma Healthcare Presentations in Eastern England during June 2021: A Retrospective Observational Study Using Syndromic Surveillance Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Describing the indirect impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilisation using syndromic surveillance systems.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Evaluating multi-purpose syndromic surveillance systems - a complex problem.Online journal of public health informatics · 2021Article
- Comparison of statistical algorithms for daily syndromic surveillance aberration detection.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Machine learning to refine decision making within a syndromic surveillance service.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Syndromic surveillance: two decades experience of sustainable systems - its people not just data!Epidemiology and infection · 2019Review
- A methodological framework for the evaluation of syndromic surveillance systems: a case study of England.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Retrospective Observational Study of Atypical Winter Respiratory Illness Season Using Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance, England, 2014-15.Emerging infectious diseases · 2017Observational
- Harnessing Syndromic Surveillance Emergency Department Data to Monitor Health Impacts During the 2015 Special Olympics World Games.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
Background: Syndromic surveillance aims to provide early warning and real time estimates of the extent of incidents; and reassurance about lack of impact of mass gatherings. We describe a novel public health risk assessment process to ensure those leading the response to the 2012 Olympic Games were alerted to unusual activity that was of potential public health importance, and not inundated with multiple statistical 'alarms'. Methods: Statistical alarms were assessed to identify those which needed to result in 'alerts' as reliably as possible. There was no previously developed method for this. We identified factors that increased our concern about an alarm suggesting that an 'alert' should be made. Results: Between 2 July and 12 September 2012, 350 674 signals were analysed resulting in 4118 statistical alarms. Using the risk assessment process, 122 'alerts' were communicated to Olympic incident directors. Conclusions: Use of a novel risk assessment process enabled the interpretation of large number of statistical alarms in a manageable way for the period of a sustained mass gathering. This risk assessment process guided the prioritization and could be readily adapted to other surveillance systems. The process, which is novel to our knowledge, continues as a legacy of the Games.
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