During the past years a lot of work on Notification Services has been focused on features like scalability, transactions, persistence, routing algorithms, caching, mobility, etc. However, less work has been invested on how to evaluate or compare such systems. The selection of the most appropriate Notification Services for a particular application scenario is crucial and today available tools ar...

A substantial number of problems are associated with the present notification system on sexually transmitted diseases. Since a comprehensive and uniform system is vitally important to all clinicians in indicating changes in disease incidence and patterns, some modifications are proposed to make the system of more direct clinical relevance.

Partner notification is an essential part of case management for sexually transmitted infections. Done correctly it reduces persistent or recurrent infection in the index patient, identifies previously undiagnosed infections, and may thus contribute to reduced transmission in the population. The effectiveness of patient referral of partners can be enhanced through the provision of written infor...

INTRODUCTION This study assessed patient preferences and physician practices for laboratory test results notification in ambulatory care. METHODS Patients aged 18 years or older (n=728) who were scheduled to see their primary care physician at 5 clinics were offered the opportunity to participate in an anonymous survey during their clinic visit. Their primary care physicians were also invited...

OBJECTIVES To assess notification trends for chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians in 2000-2009. DESIGN AND SETTING We assessed trends in national notification rates using univariate Poisson regression and summary rate ratios. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Crude notification rates and summary rate ratios, by Indigenous status, sex, ag...

Objective To compare influenza-like illness (ILI) data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) with discharge diagnosis data for influenza from the same reporting source obtained through the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) in Seminole Cou...

We assessed the performance of decentralised tuberculosis (TB) out-patient centres in tuberculosis (TB) case notification and treatment success in Armenia. An average threshold case notification of ⩾37/100 000 was seen in centres that had higher numbers of presumptive TB patients, where more TB was diagnosed by in-patient facilities and where TB contacts were examined. The number of doctors and...

BACKGROUND New strategies to support partner notification (PN) are critical for STD control and require detailed understanding of how specific individual and partnership characteristics guide notification decisions. METHODS From 2011 to 2012, 397 MSM and TW recently diagnosed with HIV, syphilis, or another STD completed a survey on anticipated notification of recent sexual partners and associ...

Due to the complexity and uncertainties, the distributed design process requires dynamic collaborations among the heterogeneous systems and human interactions. In order to coordinate different system applications and humans, an event notification model is required. In this article, we propose a service event notification model based on grid service. The model takes advantage of the grid infrast...