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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… criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. BACKGROUND As part of public health … as a guide to recruiting their par- ticipation in ED-visit based SS, with district staff taking the lead in … -
Update from CDC's Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)
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The practice of public health surveillance is evolving as electronic health records (EHRs) and automated laboratory information systems are increasing adopted, as new approaches for health information exchange are employed, and as new health… read more… opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new … opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new … -
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… notifi able diseases, and outbreak investigations could hinder communication across agencies. For example, there was … human laboratory results, or detected through follow-back to persons detected in a SS system. Such active … -
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… gate or de-identified form that have capability to link back to identified data when necessary; (c) further develop … program, CDC has the capacity to conduct detailed follow-back assessments with data maintained at CDC (6,7). In … into public health threats may prompt follow-back to individual patients, with the involvement of health … -
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… were not conducting syndromic surveillance, 3 cited a lack of capac- ity or funding as the reason, 2 stated that … 2008;6:3 next 2 years, and very few anticipated scaling back their use of syndromic surveillance. One dimension of …