Data-driven surveillance : effective collection, integration, and interpretation of data to support decision making

Dórea, Fernanda C. and Revie, Crawford W. (2021) Data-driven surveillance : effective collection, integration, and interpretation of data to support decision making. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8. 633977. ISSN 2297-1769 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.633977)

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Abstract

The biggest change brought about by the "era of big data" to health in general, and epidemiology in particular, relates arguably not to the volume of data encountered, but to its variety. An increasing number of new data sources, including many not originally collected for health purposes, are now being used for epidemiological inference and contextualization. Combining evidence from multiple data sources presents significant challenges, but discussions around this subject often confuse issues of data access and privacy, with the actual technical challenges of data integration and interoperability. We review some of the opportunities for connecting data, generating information, and supporting decision-making across the increasingly complex "variety" dimension of data in population health, to enable data-driven surveillance to go beyond simple signal detection and support an expanded set of surveillance goals.

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Dórea, Fernanda C. and Revie, Crawford W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-0340;
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