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Access to and use of syndromic surveillance information at the local health department level
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Syndromic surveillance data have been widely shown to be useful to large health departments. Use at smaller local health departments (LHDs) has rarely been described, and the effectiveness of various methods of delivering syndromic… read more… staff from a stratified random sample of LHDs during May through September 2009. The survey captured information … to public health stakeholders and partners (four of 14 (26%)). LHD staff obtained syndromic surveillance information … from patient!hospi- tal records; 22 of 85 LHDs (26%) had access to a PHE. The information distributed by … -
Situational Awareness Using Web-based Annotation and Custom Reporting
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While early event detection systems aim to detect disease outbreaks before traditional means, following up on the many alerts generated by these systems can be time-consuming and a drain on limited resources. Authorized users at local, regional… read more… in February 2007; the Custom Event Report was released in May 2007. With Annotation, users can view the EARS signals … City. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2004 May http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no5/03- 0646.htm. … -
Multi-Tier Role Based Access for Secure and Flexible Syndromic Surveillance
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NC DETECT receives data on at least a daily basis from five data sources: emergency departments (ED), the statewide poison center (CPC), the statewide EMS data collection system, a regional wildlife center and laboratories from the NC State College… read more… well as what are the state legislated restrictions that may affect data access. The challenge is to control data …