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How Missing Discharge Diagnosis Data in Syndromic Surveillance Leads to Coverage Gaps
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Indiana utilizes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to collect and analyze data from participating hospital emergency departments. This real-time collection of health related data is… read more -
Enhancing Drug Overdose Alerts with Spatial Visualization
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Since 2008, drug overdose deaths exceeded the number of motor vehicle traffic-related deaths in Indiana, and the gap continues to widen1. While federal funding opportunities are available for states, it often takes years for best practices to be… read more -
Using Drug Overdose Syndromic Surveillance Data to Impact Local Public Health Action
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Since 2008, drug overdose deaths exceeded the number of motor vehicle traffic-related deaths in Indiana and the gap continues to widen1. As the opioid crisis rages on in the United States the federal government is providing funding opportunities to… read more