Early Detection of Possible Outbreaks from Electronic Laboratory Reports

Automated influenza case detection for public health surveillance and clinical diagnosis using dynamic influenza prevalence method

“…5 The second area exploits data from electronic laboratory systems. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] For example, Public Health England's (PHE's) Data Mart system monitors the weekly count of isolates of respiratory pathogens from hospitals or specialist laboratories when additional typing is required. 13 There are two issues with laboratory tests that can impact surveillance accuracy.…”

“…salmonella) with greater diagnostic precision, but the detection is restricted to the tested population. BioSense 16 developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS) developed by the New York State Department of Health, 9 are examples of the two ends, respectively.…”