Thinking out of the box: revisiting health surveillance based on medical records

• Main Authors: Vanderson S. Sampaio (Author), Rafael Lopes (Author), Mina Cintho Ozahata (Author), Helder I. Nakaya (Author), Erick Sousa (Author), José D. Araújo (Author), Marcelo A.S. Bragatte (Author), Anderson F. Brito (Author), Regina Maura Zettoni Grespan (Author), Maria Ligia Damato Capuani (Author), Helves Humberto Domingues (Author), Alessandra Cristina Guedes Pellini (Author), Sheila de Oliveira Garcia Mateos (Author), Mônica Tilli Reis Pessoa Conde (Author), Fabio Eudes Leal (Author), Ester Sabino (Author), Mariangela Simão (Author), Jorge Kalil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the considerable advances in the last years, the health information systems for health surveillance still need to overcome some critical issues so that epidemic detection can be performed in real time. For instance, despite the efforts of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) to make COVID-...