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  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & Ebola

    Content Type: Webinar

    The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa and beyond. EMS providers have to be prepared to treat or transport suspected or known Ebola patients. Join FirstWatch President and long-time advocate… read more
    … " Slides!and!recording:! !! Available"at:"http://www.syndromic.org/component/content/article/43/870" ! …  have  prepared  EMS   – SARS   – H1N1   – MERS-­‐CoV   – Ebola   •  Leverage  systems  and  training  to  get …  4   Ebola  Resources   •  General  informaEon:     hnp://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/   •  For  a  complete  list  of …
  • Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    These slides were presented at the Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview Partner meeting, led by CDC and organized by ASTHO in March of 2019.  Presenters Puja Seth, PhD – Lead, Epidemiology… read more
    … toxicology testing for opioid-involved deaths https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/foa/state-opioid-mm.html Funding … or decreases in non-fatal opioid overdoses. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/foa/state-opioid-mm.html Why … variables used: – Discharge diagnosis codes (e.g., ICD-10-CM) – available in billing data and sometimes syndromic – …
  • Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables

    Content Type: Abstract

    The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more
    … 2009;117:61�7 3. National Weather Service. Heat: http://www.weather.gov/om/ heat/index.shtml. *Bill Storm E-mail: … 2011, 4: 11080 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11080 http://www.weather.gov/om/heat/index.shtml …
  • Evaluation of the NATO Disease Surveillance System in Kosovo in 2010

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2010 NATO DSS experiment was the second deployment of the French ‘Alerte et Surveillance en Temps Re´el’ (ASTER) system within a multinational armed task force in real operational conditions. This experiment was scheduled within the ASTER… read more
    … within the ASTER evaluation program (Figure 1), as con- structed by French and NATO Armed Forces after several … Meynard et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 60 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal J-B Meynard et al. 2011, 4:s100 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 61 …
  • Enhance public health data capacity through statewide health information exchange of immunization records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) is the state immunization registry. It is connected to about 700 organizations, including 100% public health clinics, 60% of private providers, many schools, daycares, pharmacies… read more
    … cHIE, including demographics, consolidated immunizations, con- traindication, and exemption information. Weekly … W Xu et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 74 Acknowledgements Acknowledgement to … Emerging Health Threats Journal W Xu et al. 2011, 4:s91 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 75 …
  • Syndromic surveillance in animal health: public, animal and food safety

    Content Type: Webinar

    Early detection of diseases in animal populations is key to protecting the health of companion animals and livestock. Safeguarding the health of animals aims at protecting human populations from diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans… read more
    … x … Animal diseases • Potential economic impact 3 http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html …
  • The use of NC DETECT ED data to examine heat-related illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC DETECT provides near-real-time statewide surveillance capacity to local, regional and state level users across NC with twice daily data feeds from 119 (99%) emergency departments (EDs), hourly updates from the statewide poison center, and daily… read more
    … waves: heat-related illness (HRI) by keyword, by ICD-9-CM codes and dehydration (keyword). The ICD-9-CM report captures the most visits for HRI compared with the … A Ising et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 17 Conclusions NC DETECT receives triage …
  • Outbreak Observatory: Conducting operational research during outbreaks to improve preparedness and response

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented June 27, 2018. During this presentation, researchers discussed how Outbreak Observatory, a pilot project initiated by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, facilitated the conduct of real-time operational research during… read more
    … Human Services. Fiscal Year 2013 Budget in Brief. http://www.hhs.gov/budget/budget-brief-fy2013.pdf. Accessed Febuary … 21, 2012. E xp en di tu re s (in m ill io ns ) http://www.hhs.gov/budget/budget-brief-fy2013.pdf Recent … jnuzzo1@jhu.edu info@outbreakobservatory.org www.outbreakobservatory.org Thank you! …