CaseFinder: A Flexible Real-time Online Surveillance Registry for Infectious Disease Physicians to Report Cases of Carbapenem-resistant <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> (CRE)

Authors

  • Donald Curtis Coe College
  • Scott Weissman Seattle Children's Hospital
  • Dimitri Drekonja Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Susan Beekmann University of Iowa
  • Benjamin Buckmaster Coe College
  • John Lynch Harborview Medical Center
  • April Abbott University of Washington
  • Ferric Fang University of Washington
  • Philip Polgreen University of Iowa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4501

Abstract

We have created a web-based data registry for CRE infections in the U.S. called CaseFinder. Populated by EIN survey responses, the registry already has a collection of 283 data points--69 cases of CRE and 214 reports indicating the absence of cases. It can serve as a de facto national surveillance system for CRE infections and can be expanded to map and track other emerging infections seen by infectious diseases physicians.

Author Biography

Donald Curtis, Coe College

Donald Curtis is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Coe College. His primary interests are the development of surveillance tools that provide real-time access to data, the study of how properties of social networks affect disease spread, and how machine learning and big data can be applied to improve healthcare and disease surveillance.

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Published

2013-03-23

How to Cite

Curtis, D., Weissman, S., Drekonja, D., Beekmann, S., Buckmaster, B., Lynch, J., … Polgreen, P. (2013). CaseFinder: A Flexible Real-time Online Surveillance Registry for Infectious Disease Physicians to Report Cases of Carbapenem-resistant <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> (CRE). Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4501

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Oral Presentations: Electronic Health Records

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