This video provides useful information about the 2015 ISDS Conference and Abstract Submission Process.
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In this 26 minute video, Eric Bakota offers an overview of a free statistical package, R, and an overview of commonly used tips and tricks shared in the surveillance community for analysis work in R.
Objectives:
An Online Training Course
Ever wonder what syndromic surveillance is? How it is applied? This introduction to syndromic surveillance answers your questions and gives you a foundation for understanding how surveillance is used by public health professionals to understand health threats.
This video introduces the viewer to the basics of syndromic surveillance and offers a high-level overview of the many uses of this public health tool. Topics covered in this training include:
The intent of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) is to support open and dynamic participation of any individual or organization working on or interested in increasing the quality, utility, and availability of syndromic surveillance data. The goal of this assessment was to collect feedback from members regarding the barriers and challenges to participating in the NSSP CoP activities and utilizing its related tools.
Below are the publicly available opioid overdose surveillance dashboards by U.S. state or territory. This list is updated as of March 7, 2019.
The survey, developed by the ISDS Meaningful Use Business Process Mapping Subgroup, was designed to facilitate conversations between health care facilities and public health departments before and during Meaningful Use implementation and onboarding.
Presented March 22, 2018.
Are you facing one of the barriers to writing a story about your surveillance data in action listed below?
Barriers:
- I don't know what a success story is.
- I’m not sure if I have a story to share.
- I have a story, but I don't know how to share it with the community
- I don't have time to document my story
Have you been asked to write a “success story” but you don’t know where to start? Are you not sure what counts as a success?
In response to the Meaningful Use roundtable discussion at the 2011 ISDS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, ISDS has established a monthly community conference call open to anyone interested in issues relating to Meaningful Use. The purpose of this call is to bring together various stakeholders with a vested interest in this field and spark collaborative efforts to share guidance, resources, and technical assistance.
Curated list of documents supporting the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS.
For more information about the project, visit the project description page on healthsurveillance.org.
This report summarizes a series of seven meetings of the Syndrome Definition Workgroup held in 2014 and 2015.
Objective
To review, validate, and modify syndromes and provide community input on a process to update or develop syndromes.