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Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data
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In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more… epidemiologist received all reports of rabies PEP via hard copy. Objective The purpose of this paper is to … epidemiologist received all reports of rabies PEP via hard copy. METHODS Initially, the veterinary epidemiologist … query feature to search for rabies related patient visits. However, a more automated method was desired that … -
Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Cross-border Data Sharing
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In the fall of 2006, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) proactively began general discussions regarding surveillance issues of mutual interest. Both states, having operational… read more… was in the partner state, even if a patient sought care outside of the two-county vertical band. RESULTS … gender, patient home zip code, admitted date and time, visit number, and free- text chief complaint. Approximately …