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  • Asyndromic Cluster Detection Use Case

    Content Type: Use Case

    Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Surveillance: Asyndromic Cluster Detection consultancy held June 9-10, 2015 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Problem Summary A syndrome cannot be created to… read more
    … the line listing data reveal any commonalities among the visits that might be of public health significance. This can … 1/5/2013 3:00 pm X 5-9 SOB Resp ALL 1/5/2013 3:16 pm Y 5-9 SHOB, wheezing Resp ALL 1/5/2013 4:00 pm Y 5-9 Asthma exacerbation Asthma (keyword) 1/5/2013 5:00 pm …
  • The Utility of Biosurveillance for Public Health Practice: The Findings from Two Case Studies

    Content Type: Abstract

    States and localities are using biosurveillance for a variety purposes including event detection, situational awareness, and response. However, little is known about the impact of biosurveillance on the operational components… read more
    … and Tarrant County, Texas Advance Practice Center. Site visits were conducted to each of these cases in July, 2007 …
  • North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC BEIPS is a system designed and developed by the NC Division of Public Health (DPH) for early detection of disease and bioterrorism outbreaks or events. It analyzes emergency department (ED) data on a daily basis from 33 (29%) EDs in North… read more
    … generated, providing a line listing of all the syndrome visits that contributed to the flag on that particular date. …
  • Access to and use of syndromic surveillance information at the local health department level

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance data have been widely shown to be useful to large health departments. Use at smaller local health departments (LHDs) has rarely been described, and the effectiveness of various methods of delivering syndromic… read more
    … staff from a stratified random sample of LHDs during May through September 2009. The survey captured information … to public health stakeholders and partners (four of 14 (26%)). LHD staff obtained syndromic surveillance information … from patient!hospi- tal records; 22 of 85 LHDs (26%) had access to a PHE. The information distributed by …
  • Situational Awareness Using Web-based Annotation and Custom Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    While early event detection systems aim to detect disease outbreaks before traditional means, following up on the many alerts generated by these systems can be time-consuming and a drain on limited resources. Authorized users at local, regional… read more
    … in February 2007; the Custom Event Report was released in May 2007. With Annotation, users can view the EARS signals … City. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2004 May http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no5/03- 0646.htm. …
  • Multi-Tier Role Based Access for Secure and Flexible Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC DETECT receives data on at least a daily basis from five data sources: emergency departments (ED), the statewide poison center (CPC), the statewide EMS data collection system, a regional wildlife center and laboratories from the NC State College… read more
    … well as what are the state legislated restrictions that may affect data access. The challenge is to control data …