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The InfAct proposal for a sustainable European health information infrastructure on population health: the Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health (DIPoH).
Information Systems (HIS), exploration of technical acceptability and feasibility, and finally obtaining high-level political support.. The technical exploration (Technical Dialogues- TD) was assumed by ...
COVID-19 contact tracing in Belgium: main indicators and performance, January- September 2021.
identified as HRC within the central system was 24%. CONCLUSIONS: The contact-tracing system contacted more than 90% of the reported COVID-19 cases and their HRC. This proportion remained stable between ...
Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing
(Neisseria meningitidis, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis) to provide a more efficient and powerful alternative to the conventional molecular biology-based methods. ...
EU health information progress: the harvest of policy supporting projects and networks
information HEALTH POLICY Health system performance Infrastructure International comparison networks Population health monitoring Projects. Abstract: BACKGROUND: The European Commission supports the initiation ...
Integrating technical and political views for a sustainable European Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health.
that could provide health information (HI) on Public Health monitoring and Health Systems Performance (HSP) for research and evidence-informed decision-making. Moreover, there was no EU and European ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
residents receiving at least one systemic antimicrobial agent and/or presenting at least one active HAI on the PPS day. The onset of signs/symptoms had to occur more than 48 h after the resident was ...
Opportunities for a population-based cohort in Belgium
stakeholders, and refers to current initiatives that can further facilitate the establishment of a Belgian population-based cohort and, more generally, administrative and health data linkage and reuse for ...
Prioritizing health information for national health reporting- a Delphi study of the Joint Action on Health Information (InfAct).
more than half of the respondents reported the existence of structured HI prioritization processes in their countries. To prioritize HI, a clear preference was given in the second round for a formal, ...
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections
expanding rash at the site of the tick bite. If left untreated, the infection can disseminate, causing more severe disease. In addition, patients may report persisting non-specific symptoms after treatment, ...
Maturation of Esophageal Motility and Esophagogastric Junction in Preterm Infants
wave patterns in response to nutritive swallows were observed in all patients. At later time points, esophageal body peristalsis became more rapid, evidenced by a faster distal contractile velocity and ...