title: A practical method for surveillance of novel H1N1 influenza using automated hospital data.
abstract: We report a surveillance method for influenza that is based on automated hospital laboratory and pharmacy data. During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, this method was objective, easy to perform, and utilized readily available automated hospital data. This surveillance method produced results that correlated strongly with influenza-like illness surveillance data.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. hopra@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Teena
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Juliann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Binienda
authors.forename: Mazin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: Rushyal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shyamraj
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: Cristi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carlton
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lephart
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alangaden
authors.forename: Sorabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchaim
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Keith S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*