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Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot
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The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more… departments for their own surveillance needs. Originally, sites were asked to send whatever syndrome definition they … to send their broader, higher count syndrome. In 2008, sites were asked to send both a broad syndrome, and a narrow … illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot DR … -
How good is your data?
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Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more… provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … create some unique data quality issues, with considerable site to site variability. Together with the ISDS, the … of data quality results across participating Distribute sites. Document How_Good_Is_Your_Data.pdf 4 views Submitted … -
Traditional and Mobile Public Health Alert Communications with Health Care Providers
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The effectiveness of emergency preparedness and response systems depends, in part, on the effectiveness of communication between agencies and individuals involved in emergency response, including health care providers who play a significant role in… read more… involved in emergency response, including health care providers who play a significant role in planning, … the importance of communicating clinical data from health care providers to public health agencies for purposes of … involved in emergency response, including health care providers who play a significant role in planning, … -
Visualizing Data Quality: Tools and Views
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Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health department… read more… provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … some unique data quality issues, with considerable site to site variability. Together with the ISDS, the University of … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … -
Clinical Versus Public Health Perceptions of Notifiable Disease Reporting Burden
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The importance transmitting clinical information to public health for disease surveillance is well-documented. Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition reports which are transmitted… read more… Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition … Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition … -
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… on summarized clinical data, such as the influenza and visit counts used in the Distribute project (1), (2) methods …