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Tracking suspected heroin overdoses in CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program
Content Type: Abstract
Overdose deaths involving opioids (i.e., opioid pain relievers and illicit opioids such as heroin) accounted for at least 63% (N = 33,091) of overdose deaths in 2015. Overdose deaths related to illicit opioids, heroin and illicitly-manufactured… read more -
An ISDS-Based Initiative for Conventions for Biosurveillance Data Analysis Methods
Content Type: Abstract
Twelve years into the 21st century, after publication of hundreds of articles and establishment of numerous biosurveillance systems worldwide, there is no agreement among the disease surveillance community on most effective technical methods for… read more -
Enhancing Surveillance on the BioSense Platform through Improved Onboarding Processes
Content Type: Abstract
In 2017, the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) continued to expand as a national scope data source with over 6,500 facilities registered on the BioSense Platform, including 4,000 active, 1,800 onboarding, and 700 planned or inactive… read more -
BioSense Platform Admin Tool Requirements Discussion
Content Type: Webinar
The BioSense Platform features a tool giving site administrators control over how their data are shared. Thanks to a workgroup the BioSense Governance Group convened last year, CDC now has a good idea of what data-sharing capabilities users want in… read more -
Administrative and syndromic surveillance data can enhance public health surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Healthcare data, including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health community for multiple purposes, including programmatic and surveillance activities. These data are collected through… read more -
Data Flow: Data Element Requirements
Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) conducted a three-part webinar series in 2016 to describe how… read more -
Customizing ESSENCE Queries for Select Mental Health Sub-indicators
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance systems, although initially developed in response to bioterrorist threats, are increasingly being used at the local, state, and national level to support early identification of infectious disease and other emerging threats to… read more -
Resolving the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome
Content Type: Abstract
To date, most syndromic surveillance systems rely heavily on complicated statistical algorithms to identify aberrations. The assumption is that when the statistics identify something unusual, follow-up should occur. However, with multiple strata… read more