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Tuberculosis Surveillance, Republics of Armenia and Georgia, 2003-2004
Content Type: Abstract
The former Soviet Union (FSU)—through the Sanitary-Epidemiologic Service (SES)—developed an extensive system of disease surveillance that was effective, yet centrally planned in Moscow. Even after the fall of the FSU in 1991,… read more… from additional support, namely academic and field-based training for epidemiologists. In addition, both countries … -
Better, Stronger, Faster: Making the Case for Adding Data Fields to Syndromic Surveillance, NJ 2015
Content Type: Case Study
NJDOH created a custom classification in EpiCenter to detect synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits using chief complaint data. DOH staff included the keywords black magic, black mamba, cloud 9, cloud 10,incense, k2, legal high, pot potpourri,… read more… _X__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Analytic Methodologies for Disease Surveillance Using Multiple Sources of Evidence
Content Type: Webinar
This presentation is for public health practitioners and methodology developers interested in using statistical methods to combine evidence from multiple data sources for increased sensitivity to disease outbreaks. Methods described will account for… read more… subset removed • Other 9 subsets pooled for training • Op4mal combina4on of thresholds found • … -
Multivariate Count Time Series Modeling of Surveillance Data
Content Type: Webinar
Surveillance data on various notifiable diseases usually consist of multiple time series of daily, weekly, or monthly counts of new infections. Data are typically reported in several strata defined through administrative geographical areas, gender… read more… of epidemiologists have never had such a training in school. I think time-‐series forecasting … MPH Epi curriculum. Thanks for providing such a training opportunity. Look forward to receiving your … -
Description of the quality of public health case reports received at a local health department and potential impact on workflow
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When a reportable condition is identified, clinicians and laboratories are required to report the case to public health authorities. These case reports help public health officials to make informed decisions and implement appropriate… read more… tional Research in Public Health Informatics, NLM Training grant # 5T15LM007124 (DR). References 1 Rajeev D, … -
Variation of Chief Complaint-Based Respiratory Symptom Data in One Hospital's Nurse Advice Call Center and Emergency Department
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The objective of this report is to describe the variation of symptoms being detected as respiratory or influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome using nurse advice call center (NACC) data and emergency department (ED) chief complaint data compared to… read more… usefulness of this syndromic surveillance system (i.e. training staff to collect and enter specific terms among … -
Influenza mortality surveillance using a statewide electronic death registration system F Nebraska, 2009–2010
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Public health surveillance using death data is critical for tracking the impact of diseases such as influenza. However, utility of such systems is compromised by delayed reporting, particularly when it is paper based. In Nebraska, funeral directors… read more… such as influenza-associated mortality. Additional training and refinement are needed to improve utility. … -
Estimating the incidence of influenza cases that present to emergency departments
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Our laboratory previously established the value of over-the-counter (OTC) sales data for the early detection of disease outbreaks. We found that thermometer sales (TS) increased significantly and early during influenza (flu) season.… read more… randomly selecting a different subset of counties for training and testing. (Figure 1). Results Least squares …