Presentation to MEDNET 2001

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The Canadian Integrated Health Surveillance
Project
CIPHS
Presentation to MEDNET 2001
Dr. David Mowat Director General Centre for
Surveillance Coordination Health Canada Queens
University University of Ottawa Dr. Michael
Goddard Centre for Surveillance Coordination
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What is surveillance?

• Health surveillance is the ongoing, systematic
  use of routinely collected health data to guide
  public health action
• Surveillance processes include data collection,
  collation, analysis, interpretation and
  dissemination followed by action

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Uses of health surveillance

• monitoring trends/new, emerging, re-emerging
  diseases
• evidence for decisions
• operational - clusters, outbreaks, threats
• policies programs to manage health risks
• planning health services
• input for research, evaluation
• empowering individuals

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Uses of health surveillance

• monitoring trends/new, emerging, re-emerging
  diseases
• evidence for decisions
• operational - clusters, outbreaks, threats
• policies programs to manage health risks
• planning health services
• input for research, evaluation
• empowering individuals

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data at location A
data at location B, C etc.
data on single events
aggregated data
several data sources
data integration
data for one use
data for a different use
fast
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Strategy

• use Internet
• data as a by-product
• standards
• flexibility modules
• controlled access, minimum data
• collaborative
• bilingual

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CIPHS - End to End
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Local Public
Health
Information
Data
Jurisdictional Data
Systems
Local
Mart(s)
Warehouse or
Operational Data Store
(Jurisdictional Data
Model)
Analysis
Other
Results
Client/
Information
Provider
Systems
Registries
Provincial/ Territorial
Jurisdictional Data
Data Mart(s)
Data
Warehouse or
Laboratory
Operational Data Store
Mart(s)
(Jurisdictional Data
Information
Analysis
Routing/ ETL
Model)
Systems
Results
Laboratory
Information
Data
Public Health
Surveillance
Systems
Federal
Mart(s)
Coordination Data
Warehouse (Health
Analysis
Surveillance Data
Model)
Results
Other
Information
Tracking alerts (all 3 levels)
Systems
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Supporting end-to-end surveillanceenteric disease
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Supporting end-to-end surveillance(vaccine-preven
table disease)
Immunizationregistry
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Lab System
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Some more acronyms
ProdTox Sphinx GIS Skills GPHIN
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MIND THE GAP
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