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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 … for the Early Notifi cation of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II). J Urban Health. 2004;80:I32–I42. 3. Lombardo … -
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 …