Syndromic Surveillance and Outbreak Detection Using Automated Microbiologic Laboratory Test Order Data

Abstract

Background: Syndromic surveillance systems monitor one or more electronic data sources in real time to assist in early detection of unusual health events. To detect such events at military treatment facilities (MTFs), the Department of Defense Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (DoDESSENCE) conducts daily surveillance on outpatient visit diagnosis and pharmacy data. Combining data from multiple sources may improve the ability of syndromic surveillance systems to detect disease outbreaks. Objective: To evaluate whether data on microbiologic laboratory tests ordered forpatients during outpatient visits to MTFs can improve the performance of DoDESSENCE in detecting disease outbreaks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2007
Accession Number
AD1014033

Entities

People

  • Cara Olsen

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Fungi
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Microbiology
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics