A near real-time electronic health record-based COVID-19 surveillance system: An experience from a developing country.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Access to real-time data that provide accurate and timely information about the status and extent of disease spread could assist management of the COVID-19 pandemic and inform decision-making.

Aim

To demonstrate our experience with regard to implementation of technical and architectural infrastructure for a near real-time electronic health record-based surveillance system for COVID-19 in Iran.

Method

This COVID-19 surveillance system was developed from hospital information and electronic health record (EHR) systems available in the study hospitals in conjunction with a set of open-source solutions; and designed to integrate data from multiple resources to provide near real-time access to COVID-19 patients' data, as well as a pool of health data for analytical

SUBMITTER: Sheikhtaheri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature