SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings.
Public health surveillance is undergoing a revolution driven by advances in the field of information technology. Many countries have experienced vast improvements in the collection, ingestion, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of public health data. Resource-limited countries have lagged be...
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| author | Sheri L Lewis Brian H Feighner Wayne A Loschen Richard A Wojcik Joseph F Skora Jacqueline S Coberly David L Blazes |
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| description | Public health surveillance is undergoing a revolution driven by advances in the field of information technology. Many countries have experienced vast improvements in the collection, ingestion, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of public health data. Resource-limited countries have lagged behind due to challenges in information technology infrastructure, public health resources, and the costs of proprietary software. The Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES) is a collection of modular, flexible, freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. One or more SAGES tools may be used in concert with existing surveillance applications or the SAGES tools may be used en masse for an end-to-end biosurveillance capability. This flexibility allows for the development of an inexpensive, customized, and sustainable disease surveillance system. The ability to rapidly assess anomalous disease activity may lead to more efficient use of limited resources and better compliance with World Health Organization International Health Regulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-144f66c17928417ba9048ac1bf1132652022-12-22T03:10:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0165e1975010.1371/journal.pone.0019750SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings.Sheri L LewisBrian H FeighnerWayne A LoschenRichard A WojcikJoseph F SkoraJacqueline S CoberlyDavid L BlazesPublic health surveillance is undergoing a revolution driven by advances in the field of information technology. Many countries have experienced vast improvements in the collection, ingestion, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of public health data. Resource-limited countries have lagged behind due to challenges in information technology infrastructure, public health resources, and the costs of proprietary software. The Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES) is a collection of modular, flexible, freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. One or more SAGES tools may be used in concert with existing surveillance applications or the SAGES tools may be used en masse for an end-to-end biosurveillance capability. This flexibility allows for the development of an inexpensive, customized, and sustainable disease surveillance system. The ability to rapidly assess anomalous disease activity may lead to more efficient use of limited resources and better compliance with World Health Organization International Health Regulations.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3091876?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Sheri L Lewis Brian H Feighner Wayne A Loschen Richard A Wojcik Joseph F Skora Jacqueline S Coberly David L Blazes SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. PLoS ONE |
| title | SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. |
| title_full | SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. |
| title_fullStr | SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. |
| title_full_unstemmed | SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. |
| title_short | SAGES: a suite of freely-available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings. |
| title_sort | sages a suite of freely available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource limited settings |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3091876?pdf=render |
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