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  • Evaluating the Performance of a Spatial Scan Statistic Using Simulated Outbreak Characteristics

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    Research evaluating the use of spatial data for surveillance purposes is ongoing and evolving. As spatial methods evolve, it is important to characterize their effectiveness in real-world settings. Assessing the performance of… read more
    … outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a … synthetic outbreak data (signal) into actual back- ground visit data.1,2,3 These studies focused on either temporal … and longitude using ESRI ArcGIS 8.3. For each week of visit data we used a cluster creation tool4 to insert one of …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

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    In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more
    … system (PHESS) receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … Indiana’s PHESS receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … on site at the time of the inspection. The health care provider who treated the affected patients did not …
  • 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
    … conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the … is primarily found in the data generated during clinical care processes.   Objective This poster will present a … conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the …
  • Collaborative development of use cases for geospatially enabling a health information exchange

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    Given the clear relationship between spatial contexts and health, the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics (ICEPHI) aims to serve both the needs of public health researchers and practitioners by… read more
    … information exchanges, the Indiana Network for Patient Care, with well-established community information systems … information exchanges, the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC),2 with well-established community information … information exchanges, the Indiana Network for Patient Care, with well-established community information systems …
  • 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
    … Regenstrief Institute (RI) to create an alert for health care providers who use the Gopher patient management system … strategies must be used to reach this population for care. Health informatics can be an aid to public health in … Regenstrief Institute (RI) to create an alert for health care providers who use the Gopher patient management system …
  • Privacy Protection versus Cluster Detection in Spatial Epidemiology

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    With the widespread deployment of near real time population health monitoring, there is increasing focus on spatial cluster detection for identifying disease outbreaks. These spatial epidemiologic methods rely on knowledge of patient location to… read more
    … surveillance data from an urban, pediatric, tertiary care hospital. Baseline data were all encounters with a … tions, significant clusters contained fewer additional ED visit points (i.e., points that were not part of the … in small circle) and few additional points from the ED visits (red dots outside small circle). However, when the …
  • Evaluating Notifiable Disease Reporting by Providers: Analysis of Data Element Completeness

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    Completeness of public health information is essential for the accurate assessment of community health progress and disease surveillance. Yet challenges persist with respect to the level of completeness that public health agencies receive in reports… read more
    … health agencies receive in reports submitted by health care providers. Missing and incomplete data can jeopardize … health agencies receive in reports submitted by health care providers. Missing and incomplete data can jeopardize …
  • Effect of Electronic Health Record Systems Access on Communicable Disease Report Completeness

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    Disease surveillance is a core public health (PH) function. To manage and adjudicate cases of suspected notifiable disease, PH workers gather data elements about persons, clinical care, and providers from various clinical sources, including… read more
    … PH workers gather data elements about persons, clinical care, and providers from various clinical sources, including … PH workers gather data elements about persons, clinical care, and providers from various clinical sources, including …