Evaluating the utility of Emergency Department syndromic surveillance for a regional public health service

Authors

  • Kirsty G Hope Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales; University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Tony D Merritt Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales; University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • David N Durrheim Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales; University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Peter D Massey Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales; University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Julie K Kohlhagen Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales
  • Kerry W Todd Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Wallsend, New South Wales
  • Catherine A D'Eeste University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2010.34.31

Keywords:

syndromic surveillance, disease surveillance, public health evaluation

Abstract

Communicable disease monitoring and response activities must be based upon local public health surveillance systems, even during infectious disease emergence, natural disasters, and during bioterrorism events. The NSW Department of Health has developed an emergency department surveillance system intended to monitor important public health conditions during mass gatherings and to identify outbreaks of importance. An evaluation of this system conducted in the Hunter New England region of New South Wales emphasised its usefulness when it was focused on a limited number of syndromes of public health importance and during mass gatherings and public health disaster responses. Commun Dis Intell 2010;34(3):310–318.

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Hope, Kirsty G, Tony D Merritt, David N Durrheim, Peter D Massey, Julie K Kohlhagen, Kerry W Todd, and Catherine A D'Eeste. 2010. “Evaluating the Utility of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance for a Regional Public Health Service”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 34 (September):310-18. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2010.34.31.

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