Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2015):

So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition

So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition

So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition

Authors of this article:

Caleb Wiedeman ;   Tonya McKennley ;   Glenn Yates ;   Erin Holt
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Tennessee has been slowly transitioning from a jurisidcitional syndromic surveillance system to a statewide, centralized system. During this process, old jurisdictional systems are being maintained, while infrastructure is being put in place to support a statewide syndromic surveillance solution. Successess, obstacles, and lessons learned throughout this process will be discussed.