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  • Gossamer Health: A meaningful, open-source approach to shared surveillance software

    Content Type: Abstract

    Cost-effective, flexible and innovative tools that integrate disparate data sets and allow sharing of information between geographically dispersed collaborators are needed to improve public health surveillance practice. Gossamer Health (Good Open… read more
    … on summarized clinical data, such as the influenza and visit counts used in the Distribute project (1), (2) methods …
  • Extreme Weather Surveillance

    Content Type: Use Case

    Problem Summary Given the background of climate change, there is an increasing demand for public health to characterize weather-related illness. The public health impact of extreme heat or cold events can be characterized from Emergency… read more
    … elements that can be provided to address the problem: Visit date/time, Facility ID, age, gender, ZIP code, chief …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (ISDP) and Pre Hospital Emergency Care in India

    Content Type: Webinar

    Globally, disease surveillance systems suffer from a number of resource constraints. These constraints are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where pathogens are more likely to emerge, reemerge,… read more
    … + GVK EMRI Associates Innovative Process Sense Reach Care Follow up after 48 hrs •  Developed detailed process … of surveillance, different priorities in diseases, lack of uniformity • Till 1997, disease surveillance was …
  • Odisha State’s Malaria Reduction Success – Role of Information for Action

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presentation identifies the Odisha State in eastern coastal India as a region in the country and world with exceptionally high rates of malaria infection. Odisha, which represents 3% of India’s population was… read more
    … population Formal and informal private health sector Lack of staff for Active Surveillance Technical Challenges … CAMPS Inaccessible villages / hamlets having infrequent visit of ASHA Accessible villages/hamlets getting … Mass screening of all Pv Clusters 4, 8 and 15th day Follow up through Treatment Card Microscopic verification of …
  • Opportunistic approaches to evaluation of surveillance efforts in resource-limited countries

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) delivers interventions to enhance surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union… read more
    … produce a check list that they can use the next time they visit farms. Results Collection of data at the training …
  • Using a real time syndromic surveillance system to track heat related illnesses during a heat wave

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), which serves a county population over 890,000, began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … -0 7- 20 11 27 -0 7- 20 11 Date of Emergency Department Visit C o u n t o f P at ie n ts Fig. 1. Heat-Related Chief …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Bicycle Related Injuries in Boston, 2007-2010

    Content Type: Abstract

    In May of 2001, Boston released a strategic transportation plan to improve bicycle access and safety. [1] According to the Boston Transportation Department, ridership has increased 122% between 2007 and 2009. [2] A collaborative public health and… read more
    … hospitals in Boston every 24 hours. Data received include visit date, demographics, ZIP code of residence, chief …
  • Another Type of Cluster Monitoring: Detection of Groups of Anomalous Patient Residence Locations

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics to detect disease outbreaks and other health-related events earlier than other forms of surveillance. Although… read more
    … by ICD-9 code and chart review), date and location of visit and patients’ zip code of residence. We also accessed …