ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China.
BACKGROUND: Syndromic surveillance system has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics and reducing the necessities of disease confirmation, and it is especially effective for surveillance in resource poor settings. However, most current syndromic surveillance systems are estab...
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| author | Weirong Yan Lars Palm Xin Lu Shaofa Nie Biao Xu Qi Zhao Tao Tao Liwei Cheng Li Tan Hengjin Dong Vinod K Diwan |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Syndromic surveillance system has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics and reducing the necessities of disease confirmation, and it is especially effective for surveillance in resource poor settings. However, most current syndromic surveillance systems are established in developed countries, and there are very few reports on the development of an electronic syndromic surveillance system in resource-constrained settings. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the design and pilot implementation of an electronic surveillance system (ISS) for the early detection of infectious disease epidemics in rural China, complementing the conventional case report surveillance system. METHODS: ISS was developed based on an existing platform 'Crisis Information Sharing Platform' (CRISP), combining with modern communication and GIS technology. ISS has four interconnected functions: 1) work group and communication group; 2) data source and collection; 3) data visualization; and 4) outbreak detection and alerting. RESULTS: As of Jan. 31(st) 2012, ISS has been installed and pilot tested for six months in four counties in rural China. 95 health facilities, 14 pharmacies and 24 primary schools participated in the pilot study, entering respectively 74,256, 79,701, and 2330 daily records into the central database. More than 90% of surveillance units at the study sites are able to send daily information into the system. In the paper, we also presented the pilot data from health facilities in the two counties, which showed the ISS system had the potential to identify the change of disease patterns at the community level. CONCLUSIONS: The ISS platform may facilitate the early detection of infectious disease epidemic as it provides near real-time syndromic data collection, interactive visualization, and automated aberration detection. However, several constraints and challenges were encountered during the pilot implementation of ISS in rural China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-219bf9b413f44b34a88ab949131171d22022-12-21T19:56:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0184e6274910.1371/journal.pone.0062749ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China.Weirong YanLars PalmXin LuShaofa NieBiao XuQi ZhaoTao TaoLiwei ChengLi TanHengjin DongVinod K DiwanBACKGROUND: Syndromic surveillance system has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics and reducing the necessities of disease confirmation, and it is especially effective for surveillance in resource poor settings. However, most current syndromic surveillance systems are established in developed countries, and there are very few reports on the development of an electronic syndromic surveillance system in resource-constrained settings. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the design and pilot implementation of an electronic surveillance system (ISS) for the early detection of infectious disease epidemics in rural China, complementing the conventional case report surveillance system. METHODS: ISS was developed based on an existing platform 'Crisis Information Sharing Platform' (CRISP), combining with modern communication and GIS technology. ISS has four interconnected functions: 1) work group and communication group; 2) data source and collection; 3) data visualization; and 4) outbreak detection and alerting. RESULTS: As of Jan. 31(st) 2012, ISS has been installed and pilot tested for six months in four counties in rural China. 95 health facilities, 14 pharmacies and 24 primary schools participated in the pilot study, entering respectively 74,256, 79,701, and 2330 daily records into the central database. More than 90% of surveillance units at the study sites are able to send daily information into the system. In the paper, we also presented the pilot data from health facilities in the two counties, which showed the ISS system had the potential to identify the change of disease patterns at the community level. CONCLUSIONS: The ISS platform may facilitate the early detection of infectious disease epidemic as it provides near real-time syndromic data collection, interactive visualization, and automated aberration detection. However, several constraints and challenges were encountered during the pilot implementation of ISS in rural China.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3633833?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Weirong Yan Lars Palm Xin Lu Shaofa Nie Biao Xu Qi Zhao Tao Tao Liwei Cheng Li Tan Hengjin Dong Vinod K Diwan ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. PLoS ONE |
| title | ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. |
| title_full | ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. |
| title_fullStr | ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. |
| title_short | ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China. |
| title_sort | iss an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural china |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3633833?pdf=render |
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