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Rapid ad-hoc cross-jurisdictional sharing of syndrome data using Distribute technology
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Cross-jurisdictional sharing of public health syndrome data is useful for many reasons, among them to provide a larger regional or national view of activity and to determine if unusual activity observed in one jurisdiction is atypical. Considerable… read more… of recent interest: alcohol related and heat related ED visits. Objective To demonstrate how rapid adhoc sharing of … of recent interest: alcohol-related and heat-related ED visits. Methods The Distribute system was initially designed … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Gossamer Health: A meaningful, open-source approach to shared surveillance software
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Cost-effective, flexible and innovative tools that integrate disparate data sets and allow sharing of information between geographically dispersed collaborators are needed to improve public health surveillance practice. Gossamer Health (Good Open… read more… population health surveillance. These tools may be deployed in a flexible fashion on health department … on summarized clinical data, such as the influenza and visit counts used in the Distribute project (1), (2) methods … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo
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The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more… (SSIC) Peninsula system has collected 58,542 hospital visits of interest (potentially of infectious nature), and a baseline of 123,285 (total visits) records total. Of these visits of interest, 28,624 (57%) were successfully geocoded. …