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  • Comparing Syndromic Surveillance and Poison Center Data for Snake Bites in Missouri

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2010, there were 4,796 snake bite exposures reported to Poison Centers nationwide (1). Health care providers frequently request help from poison centers regarding snake envenomations due to the unpredictability and complexity of prognosis and… read more
    … database keeping track of every phone call received. ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance system used in Missouri, …
  • Seeing Data in a New Light: Data Visualization Techniques to Improve Understanding

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2002, the United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) to address the challenges and gaps in the nation'™s environmental health… read more
    … can be challenging. For data consumers without scientific training, or even scientists and public health professionals … can be challenging. For data consumers without scientific training, or even scientists and public health professionals …
  • How did specific specialties and new sentinel providers affect ILINet data post 2009 A/H1N1 recognition

    Content Type: Abstract

    The United States outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) is one of the five systems used for influenza surveillance in the United States. In Pennsylvania, ILINet providers are asked to report, every Monday, the total number… read more
    … done through local health departments, health alerts, and training sessions. Sentinel providers were not restricted … done through local health departments, health alerts, and training sessions. Sentinel providers were not restricted … done through local health departments, health alerts, and training sessions. Sentinel providers were not restricted …
  • Emergency Department Chief Complaint Versus Discharge Diagnosis for Tracking Disease Measures

    Content Type: Abstract

    ESSENCE is a web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH to detect and track outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, public health emergencies, and biological threats. ESSENCE ED chief complaint data is collected daily from 47… read more
    … ESSENCE is a web-based syndromic surveillance system … public health emergencies, and biological threats. ESSENCE ED chief complaint data is collected daily from 47 …
  • Monitoring the Vital Signs of Community Health - The Pyramid Syndromic Surveillance Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems have long been an important part of the public health arena. The long standing goal of early detection of disease outbreak has gained new urgency and requires a broader spectrum in the era of… read more
    … labor intensive syndrome recognition training and time intensive manual data entry. Optimal use … categories, labor intensive syndrome recognition training and time intensive manual data entry [5]. Optimal … labor intensive syndrome recognition training and time intensive manual data entry. Optimal use …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops: Process and Early Outcomes

    Content Type: Abstract

    Sharing public health (PH) data and practices among PH authorities enhances epidemiological capacities and expands situational awareness at multiple levels. Ease of data sharing through the BioSense application, now part of the National Syndromic… read more
    … surveillance (SyS) data sharing practices with a training model that engages participants in collaborative … surveillance (SyS) data sharing practices with a training model that engages participants in collaborative …
  • Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOH- Hillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL… read more
    … Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is the syndromic surveillance system used by … of Health (FDOH). During the time of this study, ESSENCE-FL receives data from 210 of emergency departments …
  • Jurisdictional Etiquette Workgroup: An offshoot of a Syndromic Surveillance Consortium

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic data is shifting the way surveillance has been done traditionally. Most recently, surveillance has gone beyond city limits and county boundary lines. In southeast Texas, a regional consortium of public health agencies and stakeholders in… read more
    … and stakeholders in the 13-County area governs the local ESSENCE system. The Houston Health Department, (HHD) is responsible for deploying ESSENCE to the entire region. To effectively monitor the …