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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
    … may be most apparent from an increase in dead animal com- plaints made to animal control services. In the event … Security. National Academies Press Web site. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_ id=10716&page=1. Accessed … Emerg Infect Dis 2002 Oct ;8. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ vol8no10/02-0329.htm. Accessed April …
  • 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
    … Redesign Collaboration Site (https://sites.google. com/site/biosenseredesign). Emerging Health Threats Journal … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 40 strengthen existing surveillance … Health Threats Journal TA Kass-Hout et al. 2011, 4:s87 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 41 …
  • 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
    … Control and Prevention. BioSense. Atlanta, GA: http://www.cdc.gov/biosense/. Accessed November 6, 2008. 6. U.S. … April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NST-EST2006–01). http://www.census.gov/popest/states/ NST-ann-est.html. Accessed … Health Manag Pract 2007;13(2):194–199. http://www.jphmp.com. 18. Heffernan R, Mostashari F, Das D, et al. System …
  • 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
    … model using a Wiki (accessible via the ISDS Web page, www.syndromic.org) although a key difference is that the … Food recalls and allergy alerts. CFIA Web site. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng- … withdrawals and safety alerts. FDA Web site. http://www.fda. gov/opacom/7alerts.html. 3. Public Health Agency of …
  • 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
    … be monitored, they typically use data that are routinely col- lected and stored electronically and automate the … in public health. The FIPs can serve as the basis for a “con- cept of operations,” clarifying what information is … surveillance data for infl uenza surveillance (see http://www. syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm). Second, public …
  • Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase

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    This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].
    … figures. Findings were summarized and disseminated via www.syndromic.org. RESULTS During the 2007/08 influenza … (TERS) plots (bottom). REFERENCES [1] DiSTRIBuTE. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm [2] Olson DR, … Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-21 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-10.html …
  • 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
    … ad hoc active surveillance based on telephone con- tacts between public health and healthcare personnel, …
  • 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
    … BACKGROUND As part of public health protection activities con- ducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, …