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  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 2 - Introduction to ESSENCE Configuration for BioSense Platform

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … Data Management Team Shayne Galloway , Health Scientist Document Biosense_Platform_Dataflow_Part2_Slides.pdf … DEVELOPMENT ü  Create baseline Master Facility Tables ü Document data flow o  Establish data mart o  Develop User …
  • Public Health Data and the Law

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation addresses the legal principles framing the collection, use, and release of health data for public health activities, including issues such as privacy, confidentiality, HIPAA, and data use agreements. Presenter… read more
    … 45 CFR 164.512(b) De-identified Health Information  Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of … and Human Services & US Department of Education’s Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights …
  • A Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    This abstract describes a suite of software utilities that have been developed for systematically evaluating the detection performance and robustness of univariate temporal alerting algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems.
    … algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems. Document … strengths and weaknesses prior to implementation. [This document was prepared under a grant from the Office of State … Security. Points of view or opinions ex- pressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily …
  • Identifying Contextual Features to Improve the Performance of an Influenza-Like Illness Text Classifier

    Content Type: Abstract

    To understand the types of false positive cases identified by an Influenza-like illness (ILI) text classifier by measuring the prevalence of ILI-related concepts that are negated, hypothetical, include explicit mention of temporality, experienced by… read more
    … described in templated text that is difficult to process. Document … of these strings. Two reviewers annotated the same document set with a third reviewer completing a blinded … version of the text classifier applied to surveillance document sources was 75% and 27% with 569(4%) false positive …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in the State of Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance utilizes health-related symptom data to monitor disease outbreaks. Its’ potential for prompt detection of disease outbreaks and strengthening of rapid public health response is anticipated. As a result, syndromic surveillance… read more
    … inter- connection are identified. Lack of standards and guidance is a major concern. CONCLUSIONS There are urgent … of, sustainability and continued funding for, technical guidance for further improvement and local operation of …
  • Where are the data? Accuracy of automated EHR reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    Over 300 independent practices transmit monthly quality reports to a data warehouse using an automated process to summarize patient information into quality measures. All practices have implemented an EHR that captures clinical information to be… read more
    … information on smoking status and cessation intervention. Document … A total of 82 small practices received training on document- ing in the EHR to maximize performance on quality … Despite train- ing, providers do not consistently document smoking status as intended by the EHR interface …
  • The National Operational Epidemiological Modeling Process

    Content Type: Webinar

    Participants will be provided with an overview of a study to determine the requirements of a national operational modeling process, including the study, methodology, and key findings. These include an overview of the current operational… read more
    … by a lead agency 3.  Develops and aligns modeling guidance and standards with available funding streams 4.  … communica)ng  informa)on   •  Communica)ons  policy  and  guidance   development   •  Mathema)cal  model  development …  with  Opera)onal   Coordinators   •  DraG  policy/guidance  to  priori)ze  research   and  develop  ini)a)ves …
  • Design and development of a standards-based model to publish public health reporting criteria

    Content Type: Abstract

    State laws mandate clinicians and laboratories to report occurrences of reportable diseases to public health entities. For this purpose, a set of case-reporting specifications are published and maintained by public health departments… read more
    … to inform reporting facilities ‘what’s reportable where’. Document … existing HL7-structured documents including the Clinical Document Architecture. The knowledge management system …