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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… 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 … -
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… Y Zhang et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 101 not Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, … Health Threats Journal Y Zhang et al. 2011, 4:s123 www.eht-journal.org page 2/3 102 ! The SHC data may be the … Health Threats Journal Y Zhang et al. 2011, 4:s123 www.eht-journal.org page 3/3 103 … -
Evaluation of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data by ICD-9 Code: Is There a Correlation between Chief Complaint and Final Emergency Department Diagnosis for Early Detection of Influenza-like Illness?
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Syndromic surveillance aims to decrease the time to detection of an outbreak compared to traditional surveillance methods. Emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance systems vary in their methodology and complexity and are usually based on… read more… surveillance and bioterroism-related epidemics. 6 www.cdc.gov/flu Further information: larissa@gwu.edu … Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:20 http://www.cdc.gov/flu mailto:larissa@gwu.edu … -
Expert Meeting on Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance
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For syndromic and related surveillance systems to be effective public health tools, state and local health departments and CDC need access to a variety of types of health data. However, since the development and implementation of syndromic… read more… pur- poses. It is in the national interest to clarify the con- ditions under which data can be shared, balancing …