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  • Description of the quality of public health case reports received at a local health department and potential impact on workflow

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … at Salt Lake Valley health department in 2009 and 2010. Document … the health department, we used a data collection form to document whether certain core data elements such as ‘patient …
  • Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more
    … Distribute project ILI syndrome standardization pilot. Document … ILI-s concepts and coding as closely as possible, and to document and share local ILI-narrow and ILI-broad code …
  • Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals

    Content Type: Abstract

    The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system… read more
    … as a cause for a syndromic surveillance alarm. Document … Reference 1 US EPA. Water Security Initiative: Interim Guidance on Developing an Operational Strategy for …
  • Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals

    Content Type: Abstract

    The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system (CWS) detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system. The… read more
    … as a cause for a syndromic surveillance alarm. Document … Reference 1 US EPA. Water Security Initiative: Interim Guidance on Developing an Operational Strategy for …
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever One Health Surveillance approach effectiveness in Saudi Arabia

    Content Type: Case Study

    Dengue hemorraghic fever (DHF) is affecting more than 50 million people globally and still remains a persistent public health challenge in Saudi Arabia [1]. Althougth there has been available financial resource, limitations and deficiencies in… read more
    … community partnerships is vital in providing technical guidance and expertise - Need for evidence-based knowledge …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … during or after the earthquake, and evacuated to Florida. Document … was made to county health department (CHD) staff to document cases of reportable diseases in the state web-based …
  • Evaluating Syndrome Definitions in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology (ESSO) is an open source terminological ontology designed to facilitate the text mining of clinical reports in English [1,2]. At the core of ESSO are 279 clinical concepts (for example, fever, confusion,… read more
    … encoded in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology. Document … Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Health Document Text Mining and Information Analysis (LOUHI 2011); …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more
    … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and … Idaho Division of Public Health epimail@dhw.idaho.gov Document NSSP-Success-Story-idaho-Dental.pdf Submitted by … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and …