Syndromic surveillance can provide early warning of potential public health emergencies and acute health events in a population. The sharing and aggregation of syndromic data among jurisdictions can provide more comprehensive situational awareness and improve coordination and decision-making. The BioSense 2.0 Program supports increased syndromic data-sharing among a nationwide network of local and state public health agencies. Most users of this application utilize the main web site front-door interface due to its user-friendly features for query and analysis. However, this interface currently has a limited number of analytic tools, export functions, and provides access only to binned data. The back-door interface, with access to additional data lockers containing raw and exception data, represents a potentially rich source of untapped and underutilized information. In this presentation, we discuss our ongoing development and early success of a capacity (consisting of code libraries, a parser, and an implementation guide) that allows users to tailor a program-specific, automated process for generating surveillance reports from their BioSense 2.0 data locker. The product will soon be available to members of the BioSense User Community.
Objective
The purpose of this project is to develop a capacity to facilitate implementation of a user-driven enhanced process for generating program-specific surveillance reports from BioSense 2.0 locker data.