Alabama Reopening Decisions Informed with Syndromic Surveillance
To generate Alabama-specific COVID-19 risk indictor reports, AlaSyS uses a modified version of R code developed in collaboration with the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), National Healthcare Safety Network, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Response Case Surveillance Task Force. The dashboard’s syndromic data are drawn from emergency department admissions when people seek care. These data are compared with case-based information, including lab results, to calculate the risk of further spread. Each county’s risk of COVID-19 is categorized and color-...
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