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Patient Management System Programmed Alert to Notify Providers of Suspected TB Cases
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An increase in tuberculosis (TB) among homeless men residing in Marion County, Indiana was noticed in the summer of 2008. The Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) hosted screening events at homeless shelters in hopes of finding… read more… MCPHD Patient Management System. Therefore, the provider may ignore the TB alert on these patients since the patient … alert in their patient management system. Also, RI may help develop another alert that includes contacts of … data. Only one-fourth of the patients (13 of the 53) visited the emergency department during the year of the … -
A model for flu outbreak surveillance that describes the time lag for data reporting from the first presentation of a case to diagnosis
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Reporting notifiable conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the prevention, control, and monitoring of population-based disease. To successfully develop community… read more… 2424 Conclusions Although diagnosis data may not be required to identify a disease outbreak in the … of infectious diseases by clinicians. JAMA 1989;262:3018–26. 2 Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health …