EARS Testimonials
We have been using EARS since June, 2001. EARS provided an accessible means of implementing an outbreak detection surveillance system that fit well with the personnel and technical resources of our mid-size metropolitan public health department. The programs are adaptable to a variety of data streams. We currently use EARS to analyze data from emergency department visits, emergency 911 calls, outpatient physician visits, and school absenteeism. Aberration detection measures incorporated into EARS are relatively easy to understand and interpret, and HTML tabular and graphical output can be readily shared with health department personnel and data source contacts. EARS has also proved useful for analyzing and monitoring trends in reportable communicable disease data and identifying the onset and tracking the severity of Influenza season. EARS is a valuable tool in our public health surveillance arsenal.
Brian Lawson, Epidemiologist
Knox County Health Department
Knoxville, TN
The EARS workshop was an excellent opportunity to see the progress CDC has made in developing EARS since Lori visited us in 2003 to help us implement EARS on our national notifiable disease data. However the best part of the workshop was the opportunity to see the different applications that public health services have applied EARS to and how they have integrated EARS into their local activities. During the information sharing session we received valuable feedback from other participants on our implementation which has given us some new ideas to think about for the future. We really appreciated being invited to participate in this workshop.
Ruth Pirie
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd. (ESR)
New Zealand
- Page last updated November 3, 2005
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