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An Exploration of Public Events and Alcohol Related Incidents
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Champaign County is one of the largest counties in central Illinois with a population of ~207,000 and is home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign which currently has 44,500 students. In the fall the university hosts Big Ten football… read more -
An Improved EWMA-Based Method for Outbreak Detection in Multiple Regions
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Emerging disease clusters must be detected in a timely manner so that necessary remedial action can be taken to prevent the spread of an outbreak. The Exponentially Weighted Moving Average method (EWMA) is a particularly popular method, and has been… read more -
An Open Source Quality Assurance Tool for HL7 v2 Syndromic Surveillance Messages
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The CMS EHR Incentive Programs include a measure for meaningful use of EHR systems for submitting syndromic surveillance messages to public health. The Stage 2 measure defines the standard for transmission to be HL7 v2.5.1 Admit/Discharge/Transfer… read more -
WHISPers, the USGS-NWHC Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership Event Reporting System
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Although national surveillance systems are maintained for human health (CDC) and for livestock disease (USDA); there is no network or data repository in the area of wildlife disease surveillance. Because emerging and re-emerging diseases severely… read more -
Validation of SyS Data to Inform Surveillance of Health Disparities in Nebraska
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Achieving health equality is a national priority. The surveillance of health disparities in minority populations is key for the advancement of health equality. However, the need for improvement in documentation of race and ethnicity has been… read more -
Utility of Syndromic Surveillance in Detecting Potential Human Exposures to Rabies
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Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) can prevent fatal encephalitis associated with exposure to the rabies virus. However, overuse and inappropriate administration of rabies PEP are common.1 Mandatory reporting of potential rabies exposures… read more -
What’s the Buzz About Arboviral Disease Syndromic Surveillance?
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief… read more -
Washington State One Health Initiative: A Model Framework to Put One Health in Action
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Motivated by the global One Health movement, the Washington State Department of Health began a strategic effort to form a One Health Initiative for the state in early 2014. Early research on the topic found that many states were working on One… read more