They wanted an expansion to follow the child after intake and increased timeliness between collection and release of data.
None of the CR programs transmitted via fax, and this would likely increase timeliness of PCP receipt.
A review of enteric disease investigations by Hedberg et al. (3 ) concluded a need to increase timeliness of case investigation and to reduce delays during outbreak investigations.
While newly available electronic transmission methods can increase timeliness and completeness of infectious disease reports, limitations of this technology may unintentionally compromise detection of, and response to, bioterrorism and other outbreaks.
Furthermore, to increase timeliness and reliability, the project will support the malaria S-R systems of the Bangka Belitung Province, Sumatera, by means of cell phone (CP) applications through the following activities: To develop a CP software for a malaria S-R system and to set up a malaria S-R central data bank (CDB) that will be placed at a commercial hosting server.
To increase timeliness and power during future pandemics we suggest pooling the key epidemiological, clinical, virological and immunological data for both the first few hundred cases and their close contacts of several countries, to make it possible to collect the required data in a relatively short time period.
A synthesis of patient navigator literature in cancer care found some evidence they increased timeliness of screening and treatment and identified their roles in helping patients overcome health system barriers, providing health education, addressing patient barriers to cancer care, and providing psychosocial support [ 14].
Furthermore, linking laboratory results to public health actions and increasing the timeliness of case follow-up are critical to reducing delays in the investigation of outbreaks [ 6].
Increasing the timeliness of case follow-up, molecular subtyping, and linkage of results are critical to reducing delays in the investigation of foodborne outbreaks.
This study provides evidence of the effectiveness of a simple and low cost intervention in increasing the timeliness of childhood immunisations in an Aboriginal community setting.
