Person, place, time: these are the basic elements of outbreak investigations and
epidemiology. Historically, however, the focus in epidemiologic research has been on …

This article is the first in a two-part series discussing and illustrating the application of
statistical process control (SPC) to processes often examined by hospital epidemiologists …

There are many applications of control charts in health-care monitoring and in public-health
surveillance. We introduce these applications to industrial practitioners and discuss some of …

This is the second in a two-part series discussing and illustrating the application of statistical
process control (SPC) in hospital epidemiology. The basic philosophical and theoretical …

We may at once admit that any inference from the particular to the general must be attended
with some degree of uncertainty, but this is not the same as to admit that such inference …

This paper summarizes contributions of GIS in epidemiology, and identifies needs required
to support spatial epidemiology as science. The objective of spatial epidemiology is to …

Alternate Shewhart-type statistical control charts, called “g” and “h” charts, are developed
and evaluated for monitoring the number of cases between hospital-acquired infections and …

In early 2002, with the help of Alun Lloyd, Steven Tanner, Ben Bolker, and Tony Sun, I took
on the task of creating a state-of-the-art review of models for the geographic spread of …

Due to their contagious or point-source nature, ill-health and diseases often cluster in time
and/or space. Overlooking this characteristic can lead to a delay in the control or eradication …

▪ Abstract The increasing incidence of breast cancer in the United States and the
international variation in risk have led to speculation that environmental risk factors are an …