@article{Rivera_Savage_Crowcroft_Rosella_Ye_Bolotin_Lou_Johnson_2016, title={Characterizing Public Health Actions in Response to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts}, volume={8}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6448}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6448}, abstractNote={<p class="p1">Fifteen public health units (PHUs) in Ontario, Canada were randomized to the intervention (9) or control (6) arm of a study on their responses to alerts for respiratory syndromes from emergency department data. The intervention PHUs implemented a standard protocol while the control PHUs continued with usual practices. Intervention PHUs were 3 times more likely to check for alternate explanations. Control health units decided that more alerts warranted a response (53%) but most of these were "watchful waiting"<span class="s1"></span>. For intervention PHUs, the proportion requiring action was lower (18%). Less than 10% of the alerts led to action.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Rivera, Laura and Savage, Rachel and Crowcroft, Natasha and Rosella, Laura and Ye, Li and Bolotin, Shelly and Lou, Wendy and Johnson, Ian}, year={2016}, month={Mar.} }