Discussion on 'Real-time monitoring of events applied to syndromic surveillance'

摘要

This article presents a discussion of Sparks et al., focusing on the application and need for control charting methodologies for real-world syndromic surveillance applications. The discussion is divided into a: (a) non-technical component, where some of the design choices and assumptions behind the research problem are reviewed; and (b) a technical component, where a closer examination of the simulation and the control charts' performance are presented. Following the discussion, some concluding remarks are presented.