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  • Nontraumatic Oral Health Classification for Alternative Use of Syndromic Data

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    Lack of access to regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or managed by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of… read more
    … Lack of access to regular dental care often results in … Lack of access to regular dental care often results in …
  • A Grid Based Approach to Share Public Health Surveillance Applications - The R Example

    Content Type: Abstract

    Currently, there’s little effective communication and collaboration among public health departments. The lack of collaboration has resulted in more than 300 separate biosurveillance systems, which are disease specific, not integrated or… read more
    … and collaboration among public health departments. The lack of collaboration has resulted in more than 300 separate … and collaboration among public health departments. The lack of collaboration has resulted in more than 300 separate …
  • Relationship Between Baseline Influenza-like Illness Rates And Healthcare Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    The primary goal of syndromic surveillance is early recognition of disease trends, in order to identify and control infectious disease outbreaks, such as influenza. For surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI), public health departments receive… read more
    … clinics and emergency departments. However, the lack of standardization of these data sources may lead to … clinics and emergency departments. However, the lack of standardization of these data sources may lead to …
  • How Missing Discharge Diagnosis Data in Syndromic Surveillance Leads to Coverage Gaps

    Content Type: Abstract

    Indiana utilizes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to collect and analyze data from participating hospital emergency departments. This real-time collection of health related data is… read more
    … see under reporting or incomplete surveillance due to the lack of the discharge diagnosis field. Objective: To … see under reporting or incomplete surveillance due to the lack of the discharge diagnosis field. Objective: To …
  • Multi-dimensional Problems in Health Settings: A Review of Approaches to Decision Making

    Content Type: Abstract

    There appears to be a growing number of prioritization exercises, for example of diseases, in health related settings (1). The decision process around these exercises involves comparing competing alternatives, i.e. diseases, and irreducible… read more
    … to the multi-dimensional nature of the problem, the lack of reliable data, group dynamics associated to the … to the multi-dimensional nature of the problem, the lack of reliable data, group dynamics associated to the …
  • Surveillance of Stillbirth and Syphilis Screening Using Electronic Health Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Reports of infants born with congenital syphilis have increased in the United States every year since 2012. Prevention depends on high performing surveillance systems and compliance with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… read more
    … challenging, since public health agencies often lack access to comprehensive cohorts of tested individuals … challenging, since public health agencies often lack access to comprehensive cohorts of tested individuals …
  • Is There a Need for One Health Surveillance (OHS)?

    Content Type: Abstract

    As interest in One Health (OH) continues to grow, alternative surveillance infrastructure may be needed to support it. Since most population health surveillance is domain specific; as opposed to OH which crosses multiple domains, changes to… read more
    … making, the motivation for change should relate to a lack of surveillance information needed to make OH … making, the motivation for change should relate to a lack of surveillance information needed to make OH …
  • Tiny Footprints Embedded on Grieving Mother's Heart: Stillbirths in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Stillbirth is an unfortunate event in a woman life which remains uncounted in developing countries, thus, seldom caught attention until recently. Among 3.2 million stillbirths globally, 98% occurs in LMICs with majority in South Asia, and 75% of… read more
    … records, underestimating the counts. Besides, lack of optimal national vital registration system, Pakistan … records, underestimating the counts. Besides, lack of optimal national vital registration system, Pakistan …