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Development and formative evaluation of the Canadian Armed Forces Surveillance and Outbreak Management System (CAF
Christine Dubiniecki1, Shannon Gottschall2, Jeff Praught1
1Directorate of Force Health Protection, Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted limitations in the current public health data infrastructure, and the need for a comprehensive, real-time, centralized, user-friendly data management system suitable for both disease surveillance and outbreak management. To address these issues, the Canadian Forces Health Services Group developed the webbased Canadian Armed Forces Surveillance and Outbreak Management System (CAF SOMS). This paper details the development of the CAF SOMS, provides formative evaluation results and includes a discussion of the lessons learned and intent to use the CAF SOMS in future to enhance the CAF's disease surveillance and outbreak management capability beyond COVID-19.
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