Using emergency department syndromic surveillance to investigate the impact of a national vaccination program: A retrospective observational study.

Helen E HughesAlex J ElliotThomas C HughesDaniel James HungerfordRoger A MorbeyGillian E SmithRoberto VivancosSarah J O'Brien

Published in: PloS one (2020)

ED syndromic surveillance demonstrated a reduction in gastroenteritis visits following rotavirus vaccine introduction. This work establishes ED syndromic surveillance as a platform for rapid impact assessment of future vaccine programmes.

Keyphrases

emergency department
intellectual disability
public health
quality improvement
high throughput
quantum dots