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Temporal Patterns in Chlamydia Repeat Testing and Positivity Rates in Massachusetts
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Sexually transmitted disease treatment guidelines have incrementally added repeat testing recommendations for Chlamydia trachomatis infections over time, including test-of-cure 3 to 4 weeks following completion of treatment for pregnant women and… read more -
Arizona Sonora Binational Cases: five years of surveillance
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Infectious diseases can spread across borders. The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) collects information on binational infectious disease cases and shares it with Mexico. Infectious disease investigation in Arizona is enhanced by using… read more -
Evaluation Activities from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program
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Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time Emergency Department healthcare and other data to improve situational awareness and inform activities implemented in response to public health concerns. The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance – Reports of Successes from the Field
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Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness and informing public health activities. In recent years, continued progress has been made in developing and… read more -
Weighted non-connectivity for detection of irregular clusters
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Heuristics to detect irregularly shaped spatial clusters were reviewed recently. The spatial scan statistic is a widely used measure of the strength of clusters. However, other measures may also be useful, such as the geometric compactness… read more -
Where are the data? Accuracy of automated EHR reporting
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Over 300 independent practices transmit monthly quality reports to a data warehouse using an automated process to summarize patient information into quality measures. All practices have implemented an EHR that captures clinical information to be… read more -
Odisha State’s Malaria Reduction Success – Role of Information for Action
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Presentation identifies the Odisha State in eastern coastal India as a region in the country and world with exceptionally high rates of malaria infection. Odisha, which represents 3% of India’s population was… read more -
Malaria: A New Model for Disease Eradication
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Defines the current state of impact of malaria. positioning the disease as leading cause of death by disease worldwide. In last 12 years, seven million lives have been saved with a reduction of 60% in fatalities.… read more