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Monitoring COVID-19 in Belgian general practice: A tool for syndromic surveillance based on electronic health records

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العنوان: Monitoring COVID-19 in Belgian general practice: A tool for syndromic surveillance based on electronic health records
المؤلفون: Bénédicte Vos, Laura Debouverie, Kris Doggen, Nicolas Delvaux, Bert Aertgeerts, Robrecht De Schreye, Bert Vaes
المصدر: European Journal of General Practice, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Syndromic surveillance, covid-19, general practice, influenza-like illness, acute respiratory infection, Medicine (General), R5-920
الوصف: AbstractBackground COVID-19 may initially manifest as flu-like symptoms. As such, general practitioners (GPs) will likely to play an important role in monitoring the pandemic through syndromic surveillance.Objectives To present a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance tool in Belgian general practices.Methods We performed a nationwide observational prospective study in Belgian general practices. The surveillance tool extracted the daily entries of diagnostic codes for COVID-19 and associated conditions (suspected or confirmed COVID-19, acute respiratory infection and influenza-like illness) from electronic medical records. We calculated the 7-day rolling average for these diagnoses and compared them with data from two other Belgian population-based sources (laboratory-confirmed new COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions for COVID-19), using time series analysis. We also collected data from users and stakeholders about the syndromic surveillance tool and performed a thematic analysis.Results 4773 out of 11,935 practising GPs in Belgium participated in the study. The curve of contacts for suspected COVID-19 followed a similar trend compared with the curves of the official data sources: laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions but with a 10-day delay for the latter. Data were quickly available and useful for decision making, but some technical and methodological components can be improved, such as a greater standardisation between EMR software developers.Conclusion The syndromic surveillance tool for COVID-19 in primary care provides rapidly available data useful in all phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to support data-driven decision-making. Potential enhancements were identified for a prospective surveillance tool.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 13814788
1751-1402
1381-4788
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1381-4788; https://doaj.org/toc/1751-1402
DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2023.2293699
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/9b6e64a1b90948d7a0bb5713f0f2026c
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.9b6e64a1b90948d7a0bb5713f0f2026c
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:13814788
17511402
DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2293699