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From: Development and validation of an automated emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system to enhance public health surveillance in Yukon: a lower-resourced and remote setting

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An overview of Yukon’s ED-SyS. Visit records from the Yukon population is entered into the ED-TRACKER system via Whitehorse General Hospital’s ED staff upon visit to the hospital. Data from this database are automatically downloaded daily by the OCMOH, where the territorial epidemiologist queries the dataset using the ED-SyS to identify syndromes of interest that may be flagging. When aberrations are detected that require follow-up, the OCMOH notifies YCDC to activate further investigation. Dashed boxes marked by an asterix (*) indicate modular components of the system that are designed to be used in a temporary surge capacity during mass-gathering events

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