Syndromic surveillance refers to methods relying on detection of individual and population
health indicators that are discernible before confirmed diagnoses are made. In particular …

The use of electronic health records that can securely transmit patient data among
physicians will help coordinate the care of 60 million Americans with multiple chronic …

Background Emergency department (ED) based syndromic surveillance systems identify
abnormally high visit rates that may be an early signal of a bioterrorist attack. For example …

Undertaken as part of the National Science Foundation's call for research associated with
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this volume contains research that addresses the immediate role …

Existing data stored in a hospital's transactional servers have enormous potential to improve
performance measurement and health care quality. Accessing, organizing, and using these …

Current efforts to detect covert bioterrorist attacks from increases in hospital visit rates are
plagued by the unpredictable nature of these rates. Although many current systems evaluate …

Now, more than ever before, the spirit of the emergency services professional is recognized
by people everywhere. Individuals from every walk of life comprehend the reality of the job …

Background Concern over bio-terrorism has led to recognition that traditional public health
surveillance for specific conditions is unlikely to provide timely indication of some disease …

Performance measures are increasingly important to guide meaningful quality improvement
efforts and value-based reimbursement. Populations included in most current hospital …

Study objective: Emergency department computerized triage logs might be useful for
automated ED surveillance and potentially for early identification of bioterrorism events. We …