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  • Real-time surveillance of influenza/pneumonia deaths: new strategies using grid computing and natural language processing

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia using death records has the potential to be a relatively inexpensive and quick approach to tracking and detecting influenza and respiratory illness outbreaks; however, presently such a system… read more
    … system, and expand the number of reporting cities. Document … for Disease Control and Prevention. Death Certificate (document on the Internet). Center for Disease Control and …
  • 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 …
  • 2018 NSSP CoP Member Satisfaction Assessment Results

    Content Type: Report

    The intent of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) is to support open and dynamic participation of any… read more
    … call information, webinars, and work on collaborative documents) and to connect with other NSSP Community of … The NSSP CoP Steering Committee provided instrumental guidance throughout all stages of the project. This included … call information, webinars, and work on collaborative documents) and to connect with other NSSP Community of …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more
    … in identifying their learning needs and methods with guidance by a facilitator. Using a limited emergency … condition of interest. Participants then identify and document their perceived benefits and barriers to SyS data …
  • 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); …
  • Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 8, 2015 Dr. Richard S. Hopkins presented the following slides as part of the ISDS Intro to BioSurveillance Workshop at the 2015 ISDS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This presentation demonstrates… read more
    … slides here Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 12:00 7 views Document ISDS intro to surveillance RichardHopkins.pptx … disease? Are these acceptable to the community? What guidance can we give clinicians about how to best diagnose …
  • 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 2 views … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and …