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  • State and Local Health Agency Engagement in HIE: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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    There is growing interest in leveraging available health information exchange (HIE) infrastructures to improve public health surveillance (1). The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health Act and Meaningful Use criteria for… read more
    … in leveraging available health information exchange (HIE) infrastructures to improve public health surveillance … centers, counties, states and regions (2). While several HIE infrastructures exist (3), there is little evidence on the engagement in HIE initiatives by state and local health agencies. …
  • Enhancing Provider Reporting of Notifiable Diseases using HIE-enabled Decision Support

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    Traditionally, public health agencies (PHAs) wait for hospital, laboratory or clinic staff to initiate case reports. However, this passive approach is burdensome for reporters and produces incomplete and delayed reports, which can hinder assessment… read more
    … record (EHR) systems and health information exchange (HIE) among clinical organizations and systems, driven by … record (EHR) systems and health information exchange (HIE) among clinical organizations and systems, driven by … Enhancing Provider Reporting of Notifiable Diseases using HIE-enabled Decision Support …
  • Towards Interoperability for Public Health Surveillance: Experiences from Two States

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    The use of health information systems to electronically deliver clinical data necessary for notifiable disease surveillance is growing. For health information systems to be effective at improving population surveillance functions, semantic… read more
    … claim to support LOINC and SNOMED CT on their company websites and in marketing materials, and systems certified … claim to support LOINC and SNOMED CT on their company websites and in marketing materials, and systems certified …
  • Using Open-Source Grid-Computing Technology to Improve Processing Time for Geospatial Syndromic Surveillance Data

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    Outbreak detection algorithms for syndromic surveillance data are becoming increasingly complex. Initial algorithms focused on temporal data but newer methods incorporate geospatial dimensions. As methods evolve, it is important to understand the… read more
    … consist of 2 clusters, each containing 204 nodes. All computational nodes have two 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Xeon … recorded. RESULTS Processing serially, as is typical in a PC environment, can be an inefficient way to handle large …
  • 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
    … subsequent spatial analyses. The impact of location error due to centroid assignment on the statistical analyses … subsequent spatial analyses. The impact of location error due to centroid assignment on the statistical analyses … pediatric, tertiary care hospital. Baseline data were all encounters with a chief complaint or diagnosis …
  • An Evaluation of Electronic Laboratory Data Quality and a Health Information Exchange

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    Electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) was demonstrated just over a decade ago to be an effective method to improve the timeliness of reporting as well as the number of reports submitted to public health agencies. The quality of data (inc.… read more
    … of data (inc. completeness) in information systems across all industries and organizations is often poor, and … (including completeness) in information systems across all industries and organizations is often poor (2), and … data received from clinical information systems and an HIE using the method; and (3) comparing the completeness of …
  • 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
    … An influenza diagnosis is based on the CDC definition. All messages for patients in the Marion County area were … of infectious diseases by clinicians. JAMA 1989;262:3018–26. 2 Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health …
  • 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
    … were performed as requested but the patient records did not indicate if the procedure was prompted due to the alert or because the patient presented with … is underway to better understand why these encounters did not provide a notification to the MCPHD. Several MCPHD …