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Data Visualization for Health Surveillance: Current Concepts and New Horizons
Content Type: Webinar
Presenters Wayne Loschen, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) Karl Soetebier, MPW, Georgia Division of Public Health Paul Picciano, PhD,… read more… § Visit the GeoVISTA Center Website http://www.geovista.psu.edu/ www.aptima.com Boston ▪ DC ▪ Dayton © 2009, Aptima, Inc. Data … Guidelines § Provide action at the point of interest – Co-locate display and control – Reduce extended mappings, … -
Partnering for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: the Georgia Syndromic Surveillance Program and the Georgia Power Company
Content Type: Abstract
The Georgia Power Corporation (GPC) provides power to 155 (97.5%) of the 159 counties in Georgia (GA), and employs 9,600 people throughout the state. GPC is engaged in preparing for pandemic influenza, and committed to protecting… read more… a large corporation with a statewide employee base to con- duct absentee and reason for absence SS to provide an … for organizing pandemic planning committees comprised of com- munity partners to discuss continuity of basic ser- … -
Spatio-Temporal Visualizations as Interface: Constructing Geographic Animations of Disease Surveillance Data in a Syndromic Surveillance System
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As the Georgia Division of Public Health began constructing a systems interface for its syndromic surveillance program, the nature and intended use of these data inspired new approaches to interface design. With the temporal and spatial components… read more… for the spatial and space-time scan statistics. http://www.satscan.org/, 2006. [3] Bradley CA, et al, BioSense: … early notification of community-based epidemics. http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/geis/surveillanceactivities/essence/ess … 2 Day 3 Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:68 http://www.satscan.org/ … -
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees from Louisiana and Mississippi on Georgia Emergency Departments: Syndromic Surveillane and Disasters
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall just east of New Orleans, LA at 6:10AM CST and again at the LA/MS border at 10:00AM CST as a Category 3 hurricane, causing mass destruction along their coastlines. The devastation in LA and MS… read more… May 22, 2006. [2] U.S. Census Bureau; Census 200; http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html. Accessed: May 10, 2006. [3] Hutwagner L, … http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html … -
Syndromic Surveillance and Influenza-like Illness in Georgia
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There are multiple sources of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data within the state of Georgia. These include laboratory surveillance for influenza viruses, sentinel providers that report ILI, pneumonia and… read more… Prevention; 2005-06 U.S. Influenza Season Summary; http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2005-2006/05- … for Disease Surveillance; DiSTRIBuTE Project; http://www.syndromic.org/society/Invitation_to_DiSTRIBuTE.pdf … -
A comparison of syndromic surveillance chief complaint data and discharge data in a pediatric hospital system during 2009 H1N1
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The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section of the Georgia Division of Public Health, provides electronic influenza- like- illness (ILI) data to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention… read more… D Peace et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 87 still remains difficult to accurately … Health Threats Journal D Peace et al. 2011, 4:s151 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 88 … -
Disease Surveillance among Katrina Evacuees in Shelters - Use of a Web-Based Surveillance System during an Emergency Response
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On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Outside of the affected areas of TX, LA, MS, and AL, GA received the largest number of these evacuees, approximately 125,000. By August 30, 2005, GA began receiving a total of… read more… sur- veillance form captured census data, symptoms con- sistent with infection diseases of outbreak potential, …