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  • Syndromic Surveillance in the State of Florida

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    Syndromic Surveillance utilizes health-related symptom data to monitor disease outbreaks. Its’ potential for prompt detection of disease outbreaks and strengthening of rapid public health response is anticipated. As a result, syndromic surveillance… read more
    … of syndromic/disease surveillance in the state. Document Syndromic_Surveillance_In_The_State_Of_Florida.pdf … inter- connection are identified. Lack of standards and guidance is a major concern. CONCLUSIONS There are urgent … of, sustainability and continued funding for, technical guidance for further improvement and local operation of …
  • Use of Cell-Phones to Strengthen Malaria Surveillance-Response Systems of Bangka/Belitung, Indonesia - A proposal

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    The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2030 in 4 stages (Wismarini, 2009. To reach the elimination phase High Case Incidence (HCI) areas go through a pre-elimination phase. The aim of the proposed project is to support one of… read more
    … international research institutions and funding agencies. Document … and GMU Medical School staff in workshops and technical guidance; (3) engage malaria program managers of the Dis- …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

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    For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more
    … detect, monitor, and respond to public health threats.   Document Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confi dentiality, and … health actions that reasonably follow from surveillance, guidance can be found in the principles known as the “Fair … providers and pub- lic health agencies. CDC technical guidance and stipulations attached to the funding also shape …
  • Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS

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    Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more
    … with GIS can standardize and expedite results. Document … user processes provides a way to standardize analysis, document procedures and more effectively complete GIS …
  • Validation of Data from Medical Registrations in The Netherlands for Syndromic Surveillance Use: Comparing Respiratory Syndromes with Laboratory Surveillance

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    Objective To study if syndromic surveillance would have an added value over existing surveillance systems, we retrospectively evaluated whether known trends in respiratory pathogens are reflected in medical registrations in the… read more
    … Netherlands when using respiratory syndrome groupings. Document … using the CDC syndrome grouping of ICD9 codes as a guidance after translating the codes to the coding systems …
  • Minimizing False Alarms in Syndromic Surveillance

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    This paper describes a method of avoiding false alerts in automated syndromic surveillance algorithms which monitor the temporal relationship between a particular monitored syndrome (the ìtargetî) in relationship to other reference healthcare data… read more
    … reference healthcare data streams (the ìcontextî). Document … surveillance up to now, will be applied to gain practical guidance toward this goal. REFERENCES [1] Burkom H, Alerting …
  • Multi-Sectored Approach to Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System

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    In September 2004, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health began a 2-year pilot project to develop and evaluate an Emergency Department Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry… read more
    … areas: process and outcome, cost/benefit and technical. Document … by the Public Health Agency of Canada [1] with additional guidance pro- vided by the Centers for Disease Control and …
  • North Texas School Health Surveillance: First-Year Progress and Next Steps

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    Recognizing the threat of pandemic influenza and new or emerging disease such as SARS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that schools work in partnership with their local health departments “to develop a surveillance… read more
    … diseases often emerge first and spread rapidly.2 Document … report that is the basis for this presentation5 follows guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …