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Georgia's Strategy for Targeting Syndromic Surveillance
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As part of public health protection activities conducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, June 2004, DPH implemented SS in the state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following… read more… its use in GA. Despite the emergence of practice-based guidance for conducting SS and the growing experience of public health agencies, little guidance is available regarding strategies for identifying … new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document … -
Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments
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In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more… influenza surveillance, are emerging as the main utility. Document Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United … registry of syndromic surveillance systems. Based on this guidance, we designed a survey instru- ment (Appendix II) … -
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… detect, monitor, and respond to public health threats. Document Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confi dentiality, and … health actions that reasonably follow from surveillance, guidance can be found in the principles known as the “Fair … providers and pub- lic health agencies. CDC technical guidance and stipulations attached to the funding also shape … -
BioSense program redesign
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The BioSense program’s mission is to support and improve public health surveillance infrastructure and human capacity required to monitor (with minimal lag) critical population health indicators of the scope and severity of acute… read more… (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA). Document Biosense_Program_Redesign.pdf Submitted by hparton … situational awareness capability. Methods With input and guidance from our local, state, and federal surveillance … -
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… surveillance resources in public health practice. Document … by the Emory University team. METHODS With general guidance from CDC and in collabora- tion with the other … -
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… enhance their emergency situational awareness capacity. Document … source of information used to provide health protection guidance to the public was air quality data, not human … -
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… cross-border collaboration in SS practice and research. Document … Surveillance Centre (CIOSC). www.mala.ca/cch/aded/documents/CNPHIFeb2005.pdf. 7. The Great Lakes Border Health … /ENU (Use these settings to create Adobe PDF documents best suited for high-quality prepress printing. …