Monitoring COVID-19 in Belgian general practice: A tool for syndromic surveillance based on electronic health records

AbstractBackground COVID-19 may initially manifest as flu-like symptoms. As such, general practitioners (GPs) will likely to play an important role in monitoring the pandemic through syndromic surveillance.Objectives To present a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance tool in Belgian general practices.Methods We performed a nationwide observational prospective study in Belgian general practices. The surveillance tool extracted the daily entries of diagnostic codes for COVID-19 and associated conditions (suspected or confirmed COVID-19, acute respiratory infection and influenza-like illness) from elec... Mehr ...