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  • Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more
    … of ED data to detect the start of the influenza season, a lack of information exists on the usability of OTC sales to … ED data to detect the start of the influenza season1, a lack of information exists on the usability of OTC sales to … detection, it presents several challenges, including lack of ability to follow up and the possibility that …
  • School-Related Visits - CSTE Environmental Health in School Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Most children spend a significant portion of their time in daycare or at school. CSTE's Environmental Health in School workgroup identified these days/hours as a setting for possible "occupational" exposures. The CSTE EH in School Workgroup created… read more
    … note that indicates the immediate reason for the current visit is related to the patient being physically present at … visits in 90 days and50% were true positives) ^[ia][nt] kinder^ (less than 10 visits in 90 days and 0% were true …
  • Mobile Technology Systems for Surveillance in Low Resource Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Mobile technology provides opportunities to monitor and improve health in areas of the world where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to increased usage of mobile technology for… read more
    … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to …
  • Dengue Surveillance and Control: One Health Case Study

    Content Type: Case Study

    Pakistan being a subtropical region is highly susceptible to water-borne, air-borne and vector-borne infectious diseases (IDs). Each year, millions of its people are exposed to, and infected with, deadly pathogens including hepatitis, tuberculosis,… read more
    … or man-made IDs is non-existent in the country due to lack of robust infrastructure for health surveillance. DF … or man-made IDs is non-existent in the country due to lack of robust infrastructure for health surveillance. DF … to overcome. A major challenge faced by OHS system was lack of complete information pertaining to disease …
  • The SAS/SaTScan Macro Accessory for Cartography (SMAC) Package

    Content Type: Abstract

    SaTScan is a program often used for space-time cluster detection. In order to run SaTScan, the data must be in a pre-specified text format. Once the input files are in the correct format, the typical user opens SaTScan, chooses… read more
    … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas …
  • Data quality in federated disease surveillance: using variability as an indicator of quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    Most, if not all, disease surveillance systems are federated in the sense that hospitals, doctors’ offices, pharmacies are the source of most surveillance data. Although a health department may request or mandate that these… read more
    … of quality control. Because of the heterogeneity and lack of control over the processes by which the data are … of quality control. Because of the heterogeneity and lack of control over the processes by which the data are … of quality control. Because of the heterogeneity and lack of control over the processes by which the data are …
  • How good is your data?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more
    … with summarized (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the … with summarized (aggregated) data, which cannot be traced back to the unaggregated ’raw’ data. This and the … with summarized (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the …
  • Data Flow: Data Element Requirements

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) conducted a three-part webinar series in 2016 to describe how… read more
    … occurrence [0.. *] Component may be omitted or repeat an unlimited number of times [1.. *] Component must appear at … The following table describes the Segments in an Admit/Visit Notification message. ArchiveRaw HL7 Archive Raw Name …