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Partnering for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: the Georgia Syndromic Surveillance Program and the Georgia Power Company
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The Georgia Power Corporation (GPC) provides power to 155 (97.5%) of the 159 counties in Georgia (GA), and employs 9,600 people throughout the state. GPC is engaged in preparing for pandemic influenza, and committed to protecting… read more… The GPC employee “Crisis Absence Reporting Tool” (CART) was designed to provide the Georgia Syndromic … locations, data are transferred from an ED, ambulatory care center, or school district to the Georgia Division of … or other health emergency. This will include augmenting CART with SS data from the GA SS Program. These data will be … -
Event Detection in a Vulnerable Population
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The City of Atlanta, volunteer organizations, and the faith community operate several homeless shelters throughout the city. Services available at these shelters vary, ranging from day services, such as meals, mail collection,… read more… emergency departments in Fulton County for their health care needs. Objective This paper describes a cluster of … emergency departments in Fulton County for their health care needs. METHODS The Georgia Division of Public Health … generated for the bloody respira- tory syndrome for ED visits on Sunday, March 11 Further inspection of these …