Database derived from an electronic medical record-based surveillance network of US emergency department patients with acute respiratory illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For surveillance of episodic illness, the emergency department (ED) represents one of the largest interfaces for generalizable data about segments of the US public experiencing a need for unscheduled care. This protocol manuscript describes the development and operation of a national network linking symptom, clinical, laboratory and disposition data that provides a public database dedicated to the surveillance of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in EDs.

Methods

The Respiratory Virus Laboratory Emergency Department Network Surveillance (RESP-LENS) network includes 26 academic investigators, from 24 sites, with 91 hospitals, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to survey viral infections. All data originate from electronic medical records (EMR

SUBMITTER: Kline JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature