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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… uence the sharing of health information between health care providers and public health agencies for surveillance, as well as research, purposes. Some health care providers have expressed reluctance or refused to … Rule (2). Although the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits health care providers to disclose protected health information … -
Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more… program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … dromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … -
A Bayesian Approach to Characterize Hong Kong Influenza Surveillance Systems
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Syndromic surveillance has been widely used in influenza surveillance worldwide. However, despite the potential benefits created by the large volume of data, biases due to the changes in healthcare seeking behavior and physicians’ reporting behavior… read more… laboratories, schools, daycare centers and residential care homes for the elderly. Hong Kong usually experiences a … laboratories, schools, daycare centers and residential care homes for the elderly. Hong Kong usually experiences a … -
Evaluating University syndromic surveillance systems during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
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Syndromic surveillance has been widely adopted as a real-time monitoring tool in early response to disease outbreaks. In order to provide real-time information on the impact of 2009 H1N1 during the Fall 2009 semester, Georgetown … read more… illness (ILI) cases reported to medical staff: ED visits (GU and GWU Hospital emergency room visits records for patients aged 17–24 years with ILI), SHC (total of visits to the GU and GWU student health centers), off-hour …