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Utility of Syndromic Surveillance Using Novel Clinical Data Sources
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Discusses the current state of syndromic surveillance using inpatient and ambulatory clinical data in the United States and the potential utility of the data. The Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3 regulations incentivize the use of these data sources.… read more -
Recommendations for Syndromic Surveillance Using Inpatient and Ambulatory EHR Data
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MUse will make EHR data increasingly available for public health surveillance. For Stage 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations will require hospitals and offer an option for eligible professionals to provide… read more -
Unstructured Free-text Data and Meaningful Use
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In 2010, as rules for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Electronic Heatlh Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use)(1), were finalized, ISDS became aware of a trend towards new EHR systems capturing or sending emergency department (ED)… read more -
Making Syndromic Surveillance Relevant and Valuable for Emergency Managers
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Intense stress can severely degrade one's ability to process and utilize new kinds of information.1 This psychological phenomena may partially explain why epidemiologist are challenged to communicate and establish the value of SyS information with… read more -
On to Meaningful Use Stage 2: Refining Public Health Readiness Guidelines
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In the U.S., federal programs are accelerating the meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) technology and encouraging greater standardization in how governmental public health agencies (PHAs) establish surveillance data partnerships with… read more -
Redefining Syndromic Surveillance
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The field of syndromic surveillance has received increased attention over the past decade as an expansion of traditional disease detection methods. There is, however, little or no consensus, regarding a standard definition encompassing the full… read more -
Searching for MERS and Novel Flu with Limited Resources
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During the past decade, public health practitioners have implemented various new syndromic and other advanced surveillance systems to supplement their existing laboratory testing and disease surveillance toolkit. While much of the development and… read more -
Check! Explore Barriers and Solutions to Data Sharing on BioSense 2.0
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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