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Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response
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In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more… various systems were used in Florida, including ESSENCE, STARS, EARS and BioDefend. Objective The objective … various systems were used in Florida, including ESSENCE (2,3), STARS (4), EARS (5) and BioDefend (6,7). … for the Early Notifi cation of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II). J Urban Health. 2004;80:I32–I42. 3. Lombardo … -
Preliminary Findings from the BioSense Evaluation Project
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In October 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded four institutions, including Emory University, to conduct evaluations of the BioSense surveillance system. These evaluations include investigations of situations… read more… better public communications capacity, and bene- fits of training in incident command procedures. Interviews for … -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… in the United States: BIOSENSE and CDC activities, ESSENCE, state and local systems Details of systems in … -
Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance
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For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more… can help in drafting data use agreements, providing in essence a checklist of issues that must be addressed and … Joseph Lombardo, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/ESSENCE Wendy K Mariner, JD, LLM, MPH, Boston University …