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  • Enhancing Provider Reporting of Notifiable Diseases using HIE-enabled Decision Support

    Content Type: Abstract

    Traditionally, public health agencies (PHAs) wait for hospital, laboratory or clinic staff to initiate case reports. However, this passive approach is burdensome for reporters and produces incomplete and delayed reports, which can hinder assessment… read more
    … record (EHR) systems and health information exchange (HIE) among clinical organizations and systems, driven by … record (EHR) systems and health information exchange (HIE) among clinical organizations and systems, driven by … Enhancing Provider Reporting of Notifiable Diseases using HIE-enabled Decision Support …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) Expert Panel - Part I: Leading Community Groups

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented February 13, 2019. This webinar is the first installment of the 2-part NSSP CoP Expert Panel Webinar Series on Being a Leader in Your Community.… read more
    … size? What partners were involved? Mission/Goals? How did you come into your role? Were you asked to chair a group or was it a more natural evolution? Did you feel like there was any specific expertise required? … size? What partners were involved? Mission/Goals? How did you come into your role? Were you asked to chair a group …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … data available for research pur- poses) is to strip out all obvious identifi ers, while leaving in some information … of meeting participants. As a result, the participants did not attempt to clarify or redefi ne this boundary in the … Privacy Act (17), which is generally applicable to all U.S. government systems of records, and in other federal …
  • Using Electronic Health Records for Public Health Hypertension Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent chronic condition and strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. HTN is amenable to prevention and control through public and population health programs and policies. Therefore, public and population… read more
    … The current study evaluated EHR data from a large, mature HIE as an alternative to community-based surveys for timely, … data from a community-based health information exchange (HIE) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System … The current study evaluated EHR data from a large, mature HIE as an alternative to community-based surveys for timely, …
  • Super Bowl Surveillance: A Practical Exercise in Inter-Jurisdictional Public Health Information Sharing

    Content Type: Abstract

    When the Chicago Bears met the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public health departments have instituted heightened… read more
    … heightened local surveillance during mass gatherings due to concerns about increased risk of disease outbreaks. … For the first time, in 2007, health departments in all three Super Bowl-related regions already practiced daily … heightened local surveillance during mass gatherings due to concerns about increased risk of disease outbreaks. …
  • 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
    … Excellence in PH Informatics 5 Successes – PH value via HIE ! PH alerts via lab. results delivery system ! ED data … !  Share experience !  Mirth 6 Successes – PH value via HIE ! Reportable disease laboratory results !  Notifiable … 7 In Progress ! Partially completed case report forms ! De-duplicate our core data system ! MPI !  Shared learning, …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … to carbon monoxide in their home. While this finding did not uncover a widespread public health threat, it did provide the first empirical evidence that Indiana’s … a field investigation. Although laboratory testing did not identify a causative organism, investigation by …
  • Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … health nurses to verify that a patient has returned for all five of the recommended prophylaxis treatments, thereby … a residence as a result of improper heating methods due to a discontinuation of utility services, the specialist …