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Translating Heat-related Illness Surveillance Into Action Through Partnerships
Content Type: Abstract
As part of a greater statewide excessive heat response plan, New Hampshire (NH) has been performing HRI surveillance since 2010 to guide response efforts and ultimately reduce HRI morbidity and mortality during situations of excessive heat.… read more -
Check! Explore Barriers and Solutions to Data Sharing on BioSense 2.0
Content Type: Abstract
Inter-jurisdictional data sharing can enhance disease surveillance capabilities for local, state, regional and national public health situational awareness and response. BioSense 2.0, a cloud-based computing platform for syndromic surveillance,… read more -
New Master Mapping Reference Table (MMRT) to Assist ICD-10 Transition for Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
As of October 1, 2015, all HIPAA covered entities transition from the use of International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD-9-CM) to version 10 (ICD-10-CM/PCS). Many Public Health surveillance entities receive, interpret, analyze, and… read more -
Preliminary Look into the ICD9/10 Transition Impact on Public Health Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
On October 1, 2015, the number of ICD codes will expand from 14,000 in version 9 to 68,000 in version 10. The new code set will increase the specificity of reporting, allowing more information to be conveyed in a single code. It is anticipated that… read more -
Review of the 2016 ISDS Annual Conference: Continuing the Momentum
Content Type: Webinar
ISDS is kicking off the year with a webinar to review highlights from the 2016 Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. If you attended the conference, we invite you to come share and learn more about initiatives sprung from the conference, and to discuss… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Analysis & Interpretation
Content Type: Presentation Slides
Presented January 31, 2018 David Swenson presented the following slides during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This presentation provides a use case for developing and implementing surveillance prodocols to conduct… read more -
Justification for Collecting Urgent Care Data to Broaden Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
While UC does not have a standard definition, it can generally be described as the delivery of ambulatory medical care outside of a hospital emergency department (ED) on a walk-in basis, without a scheduled appointment, available at extended hours,… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance – Reports of Successes from the Field
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness and informing public health activities. In recent years, continued progress has been made in developing and… read more