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  • Public health data sharing policy and informatics initiatives at China CDC

    Content Type: Abstract

    Construction of data-sharing network for public health is one of the national scientific data-sharing projects, based on the data resource that distributed at China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), universities, research… read more
    … Peoples Republic of China E-mail: yingjie924@yahoo.com.cn Objective The objective of this study is to describe … the privacy of research participants, and protecting con- fidential and proprietary data. Informatics initiatives … and Q Chen.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 76 …
  • All Traffic Related, Washington State Department of Health, 2018

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: Capture all traffic-related injuries presenting to the emergency room regardless of intent or vehicle type to allow monitoring of long-term trends in traffic-related injuries as well as short-term aberrations due to holiday, events,… read more
    … text strings as well as all motor vehicle-traffic ICD-10 CM codes (N=449). Explored, but excluded: seatbelt, driver, … text strings as well as all motor vehicle-traffic ICD-10 CM codes (N=449). Explored, but excluded: seatbelt, driver, …
  • Hospital Roadmap to SS Success

    Content Type: Form

    This checklist will prepare Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to fulfill Syndromic Surveillance (SS) interoperability with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and begin the process of meeting Stage 2… read more
    … for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website: http://www.cdc.gov/phin/resources/PHINguides.html#ss These two … Use website – under the Syndromic Surveillance tab http://www.azdhs.gov/meaningful-use/ Visit the BioSense 2.0 System … receiving your hospital’s SS data. https://sites.google.com/site/biosenseredesign/about Step 3: Develop Admit …
  • Interactive Detection of Spatial Clusters

    Content Type: Abstract

    Geographic visualization methods allow analysts to visually discover clusters in multivariate, spatially-referenced data. Computational and statistical cluster detection techniques can automatically detect spatial clusters of high values of a… read more
    … The authors propose that the two approaches can be com- plementary; and present an integration of the GeoViz … Fur- ther research is needed to uncover the optimal con- nections between geographic visualization and clus- … Information: Frank Hardisty, hardisty@psu.edu http://www.geovista.psu.edu/grants/cdcesda/software/ [1] A. M. …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Onboarding Workgroup - Report

    Content Type: Report

    Objective To share best practices for onboarding amongst community members in the interest of improving onboarding efforts nationally. Summary of activities: The onboarding workgroup was initially tasked to define a process… read more
    … Onboarding Workgroup Web site: http://www.syndromic.org/cop/nsysp-user-group-meeting/796-nssp-onboarding-workgroup … Nexus Web Site: https://sites.google.com/site/biosenseusercommunity/?pli=1 Presentations (given …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more
    … may be most apparent from an increase in dead animal com- plaints made to animal control services. In the event … Security. National Academies Press Web site. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_ id=10716&page=1. Accessed … Emerg Infect Dis 2002 Oct ;8. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ vol8no10/02-0329.htm. Accessed April …
  • A Syndrome Track and Reporting System in Hillsborough County Florida: Findings from a Systematic Evaluation

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the first county-wide syndromic surveillance systems in the nation, the Syndromic Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) has been in operation since 11/01/2001, and now covers Hillsborough, Pinellas and Collier counties.… read more
    … syndrome diagnoses, timeliness and completeness of data col- lection and processing, performance of aberration … as whether a single or multiple ICD9 codes is used. Data com- pleteness and timeliness in data submission were … with critical bioterrorism- associated agents. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef/ [3] Zhu Y, Wang W, …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Medical Surge in Dallas–Fort Worth during Hurricane Harvey, 2017

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, resulting in 88 fatalities and more than $125 billion in damages to infrastructure. In Houston, flooding created a toxic mix of chemicals, sewage, biohazards, and 8 million cubic yards of… read more
    … Tarrant County Public Health wfstephens@tarrantcounty.com Document NSSP-Success-Story-Texas-Hurricane-harvey.pdf … Tarrant County Public Health wfstephens@tarrantcounty.com Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office … Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance; www.cdc.gov/cdc.gov/nssp The National Syndromic Surveillance …