Linking surveillance to action: incorporation of real-time regional data into a medical decision rule.
Broadly, to create a bidirectional communication link between public health surveillance and clinical practice. Specifically, to measure the impact of integrating public health surveillance data into an existing clinical prediction rule. We incorporate data about recent local trends in meningitis epidemiology into a prediction model differentiating aseptic from bacterial meningitis.
Author(s): Fine, Andrew M, Nigrovic, Lise E, Reis, Ben Y, Cook, E Francis, Mandl, Kenneth D
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2253