To lighten the workload of health care professionals, we conducted a clinical test
of a newly developed automated infection screening system using a multivariable logistic
regression model. The system was tested with 44 influenza patients and 45 healthy
control subjects based on 3 vital signs: facial temperature, heart rate and respiratory
rate. The system showed a high accuracy for distinguishing influenza patients from
control subjects within 15 seconds.
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