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Adoption of Public Health Readiness Guidelines for Meaningful Use
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The Syndromic Surveillance Consortium of Southeast Texas (SSCSeT) consists of 13 stakeholders who represent 19 counties or jurisdictions in the Texas Gulf Coast region and receives health data from over 100 providers. The Houston Health Department (… read more -
Surveillance Zones: Geographic Aggregation of Syndromic Data for Improved Response
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When a chemical or biological agent with public health implications is detected in the City of Houston, analysis of syndromic surveillance data is an important tool for investigating the authenticity of the alert, as well as… read more -
A Timeliness Study of Disease Surveillance Data Post ELR Implementation in Houston
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Since 2009, Houston Health Department (HHD) uses an electronic disease surveillance system (Maven) to receive ELRs from reporting facilities in the Houston jurisdiction. Currently, two large hospital systems, a blood bank, two large commercial labs… read more -
Assessing the Usage of Dating Sites and Social Networking Sites in Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Harris County, Texas, 2014
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Internet based technologies are becoming quite prominent among today’s generation due to its easy accessibility through computer or phone devices. Internet’s relative anonymity leads high risk groups to find it easier to meet sexual partners with… read more -
Relationship between Emergency Room (ER) Syndromic Surveillance Data and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Surveillance in Houston, Texas
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Disease surveillance provides essential information for control and response planning1. Emergency Room (ER) syndromic surveillance data can help to identify changes in disease incidence and affected group thereby providing valuable additional time… read more -
Services Oriented Architectures and Just in Time Deployment of Ad-Hoc Health Surveillance Systems: Lessons from Katrina Relief Efforts
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Timely outbreak detection, and monitoring of morbidity and mortality among Katrina evacuees, and needs assessment for better planning and response were urgent information intensive priorities during Katrina relief efforts at… read more -
Estimating FluNearYou Correlation to ILINet at Different Levels of Participation
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Flu Near You allows individuals to volunteer to be a sentinel node of the syndromic surveillance (SyS) network. The platform has the potential to provide insight into the spread of influenza-like illness (ILI). CDC’s ILINet is the gold standard for… read more -
Association between Influenza-like Illnesses and Social Determinants of Health by Census Tract in Houston/Harris County
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The Houston Department of Health Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) monitors emergency departments (ED) chief complaints across the Houston metropolitan area, Harris County, and the surrounding jurisdictions by Real-time Outbreak… read more