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  • Experience with Clinician-Based Syndromic Surveillance in West Texas

    Content Type: Abstract

    Classical disease monitoring in local public health jurisdictions has been based on a list of “notifiable diseases”, more or less consistent from state-to-state.  While laboratories’ compliance with this requirement is, in general, excellent,… read more
    … of statistical aberrations in diagnosis code, chief com- plaint, or analysis of other data streams have been … veteri- nary, nursing, EMS and environmental health com- munities in 2003 by public health officials (PHOs) of … on Public Health Preparedness and Bioterrorism). http://www.lhc.ca.gov/lhcdir/report170a.html (last accessed June …
  • Defining emergency department asthma visits for public health surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Tracking emergency department (ED) asthma visits is an important part of asthma surveillance, as ED visits can be preventable and may represent a failure of asthma control efforts. When using limited clinical ED datasets for secondary purposes such… read more
    … The prevailing approach uses only the primary ICD-9-CM diagnosis assigned to the ED visit; however, doing so may … The prevailing approach uses only the primary ICD�9�CM diag- nosis (Dx) for the ED visit (2); however, doing so … may underestimate the public health impact of asthma. We con- ducted this pilot study to determine the value of …
  • Linking Informatics and Cross-Programmatic Public Health Strategic Objectives

    Content Type: Abstract

    There is national recognition of the need for cross-programmatic data and system coordination and integration for surveillance, prevention, response, and control implementation. To accomplish this public health must develop an informatics competency… read more
    … the basis of the strategic objectives and destinations. A com- munity-balanced scorecard (CBSC) approach (2), grounded … on your path to success. http://baseline-consulting.com. 2. Epstein P, Simone A. Community balanced scorecards … for strategic public health improvement. http://www.rtmteam.net/page. php?pageName�Articles_Papers. …
  • Human-learned lessons about machine learning in public health surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented December 13, 2018. For public health surveillance, is machine learning worth the effort? What methods are relevant? Do you need special hardware? This talk was motivated by these and other questions asked by ISDS members. It will focus… read more
    … http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html "What we … similar patients, ICD codes, words… What tools are used? CoT? R? Python? Proprietary SaaS?  Recommendation: start …
  • North Texas School Health Surveillance: First-Year Progress and Next Steps

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    Recognizing the threat of pandemic influenza and new or emerging disease such as SARS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that schools work in partnership with their local health departments “to develop a surveillance… read more
    … District (K-12) Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist. www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/school/schoolchecklis t.html. 4. … about DotNetNuke or to download the software, visit www.dotnetnuke.com. 5. Powell T, Tarrant County School Health Surveillance …
  • Data Visualization for Health Surveillance: Current Concepts and New Horizons

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presenters Wayne Loschen, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) Karl Soetebier, MPW, Georgia Division of Public Health Paul Picciano, PhD,… read more
    … §  Visit the GeoVISTA Center Website http://www.geovista.psu.edu/ www.aptima.com Boston ▪ DC ▪ Dayton © 2009, Aptima, Inc. Data … Guidelines §  Provide action at the point of interest –  Co-locate display and control –  Reduce extended mappings, …
  • One Health: an Education & Outreach Program for Abattoir Workers

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented October 25, 2017. In regular contact with abattoir workers during inspections, USDA APHIS Georgia employees noticed very few employees using proper PPE, and observed risky slaughter and processing practices  at both small and large… read more
    … causes illness Zoonosis http://thedeadlydisease.blogspot.com/2015/02/zoonosis.html • DIRECT – Contact—body fluids … rest, sometimes hospitalization) E. coli • http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks.html – Chipotle (2015) – Costco … (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Recent E. coli Outbreaks http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks.html • Bacteria - Brucella …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Syndrome Definitions Workgroup - Report

    Content Type: Report

    This report summarizes a series of seven meetings of the Syndrome Definition Workgroup held in 2014 and 2015. Objective To review, validate, and modify syndromes and provide community input on a process to update or… read more
    … Syndrome Definitions Workgroup Web site: http://www.syndromic.org/cop/nsss- workgroups/syndrome-definitions Nexus Web Site: https://sites.google.com/site/biosenseusercommunity/ Additional Resources: …