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Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee
Content Type: Success Stories
In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more… Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, TDH used ESSENCE* to support all-hazards situational awareness. TDH monitored data from … Department of Health was unable to validate whether all patients identified as residents of Florida were … with this guide. One is the NPDS Coding Manual, which has all the fields with explanations and expected values. The … -
BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Quality Checks and Assurance
Content Type: Webinar
Presenters Caleb Wiedeman and Harold Gil will describe some of the processes their organizations use to ensure the quality of data in BioSense v2.0. First, Caleb Wiedeman will review his normal routine of verifying data quality, including checking… read more… this webinar because the topic is: (check all that apply) 11 3 16 Why parOcipant … integrate into my practice/research. 26 3 1 EducaOonal uOlity Strongly Agree/Agree … bin: 7,219 (32%) Number of records that did not map to a BioSense v2.0 bin: 15,110 (68%) … -
Sensitivity and Specificity of the Fever Syndromes in BioSense and ESSENCE
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Tennessee obtains emergency department data for syndromic surveillance in standardized HL7… read more… of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. … syndrome assignment across tools are difficult to perform due to the intensity of the manual review required. However, … of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. … -
Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Aid Public Health Actions in Tennessee
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance data is typically used for the monitoring of symptom combinations in patient chief complaints (i.e. syndromes) or health indicators within a population to inform public health actions. The Tennessee Department of Health… read more… of symptom combinations in patient chief complaints (i.e. syndromes) or health indicators within a population to … of symptom combinations in patient chief complaints (i.e. syndromes) or health indicators within a population to … -
So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance generally refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Originally conceived as a tool for the early detection of potential bioterrorism… read more… of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. … a centralized, statewide system that would maintain all the capabilities that jurisdictions currently had while … of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. … -
Monitoring Out-of-State Patients during a 2017 Hurricane Response using ESSENCE
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance is the monitoring of symptom combinations (i.e., syndromes) or other indicators within a population to inform public health actions. The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) collects emergency department (ED) data from more… read more… surveillance is the monitoring of symptom combinations (i.e., syndromes) or other indicators within a population to … US landfall on September 10, 2017), TDH supported all hazards situational awareness using the Electronic … surveillance is the monitoring of symptom combinations (i.e., syndromes) or other indicators within a population to …