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Building Meaningful Use Reporting Infrastructure In NH Through Partnerships
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Under the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Rule, hospitals are eligible to receive incentive payments from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services provided they meet certain requirements including Meaningful Use (MU). Demonstrating… read more… proces- sing allowed NH DPHS to implement its last acute care hospital into the existing syndromic surveillance … Hightower, Art Ramos, Jeff Proulx and Drew Ivan for their hard work on this project. References 1. Rhapsody … -
Surveillance Investigation Tool Development Targeted for Results
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The Automated Hospital Emergency Department Data System is designed to detect early indicators of bioterrorism events and naturally occurring public health threats. Four investigatory tools have been developed with drill-down… read more… Flu Sentinel Reports as a percentage of total hospital visits for the 2006-7 Influenza season. Lastly, real-time, … -
School Absenteeism Surveillance Data during the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic
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In April 2009, a novel strain of influenza A was detected in Mexico, which quickly spread to the United States and the rest of the world. In response to the pandemic, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) developed a… read more… over-the-counter sales of cough and cold medications and visits to emergency depart- ments (Fig. 2). At the peek of … -
Ten Years of Syndromic Surveillance in New Hampshire: Innovation, Experience and Outcomes
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In response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) engaged state and external partners in the design of an early warning surveillance system to support bioterrorism and emergency… read more… to include drill down custom querying for all 26 acute care hospitals (allowing NH to realize statewide ED …