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Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities
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Since October 2004, the Indiana State Health Department and the Marion County Health Department have been developing and using a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency department admission data. The system … read more… receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department (ED) visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … to arrange payment for proper heating. Weather related visits Using custom queries in ESSENCE, MCHD looks for ED … -
Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours
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In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more… The county’s public hospital and clinic network provide care for 1 in 3 county residents who are Medicaid enrollees … the need for extended hours at eight public primary care clinics in Marion County, Indiana, this study … Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours Jutieh Lincoln, MPH, Kevin Stevens, MPH, … -
Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System
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In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more… system (PHESS) receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … Indiana’s PHESS receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … on site at the time of the inspection. The health care provider who treated the affected patients did not … -
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 … -
Secrets of My Success (and Failures): Productive Practitioner/Researcher Collaboration
Content Type: Webinar
Two public health practitioners will describe their experiences collaborating with University researchers to develop and evaluate new informatics tools for public health. They will identify factors that led to the successes and failures in those… read more… informatics initiatives Denver Health: Integrated Health Care System Denver Cares Denver Health Medical Center 911 … Care Timeline of Key Events ! 1980’s DPH becomes core site for AIDS Surveillance ! Begin development of … ! ED data for syndromic surveillance ! 2006 - BioSense site ! 2008 - Expanded for Democratic National Convention …