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  • Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals

    Content Type: Abstract

    The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system (CWS) detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system. The… read more
    … as a cause for a syndromic surveillance alarm. Document … Reference 1 US EPA. Water Security Initiative: Interim Guidance on Developing an Operational Strategy for …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … during or after the earthquake, and evacuated to Florida. Document … was made to county health department (CHD) staff to document cases of reportable diseases in the state web-based …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more
    … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and … Idaho Division of Public Health epimail@dhw.idaho.gov Document NSSP-Success-Story-idaho-Dental.pdf Submitted by … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and …
  • Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 8, 2015 Dr. Richard S. Hopkins presented the following slides as part of the ISDS Intro to BioSurveillance Workshop at the 2015 ISDS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This presentation demonstrates… read more
    … slides here Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 12:00 Document ISDS intro to surveillance RichardHopkins.pptx … disease? Are these acceptable to the community? What guidance can we give clinicians about how to best diagnose …
  • Evaluating Syndrome Definitions in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology (ESSO) is an open source terminological ontology designed to facilitate the text mining of clinical reports in English [1,2]. At the core of ESSO are 279 clinical concepts (for example, fever, confusion,… read more
    … encoded in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology. Document … Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Health Document Text Mining and Information Analysis (LOUHI 2011); …
  • Anthrax Assist: Modeling Tool for Planning and Decision Support During Early Days of an Anthrax Event

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented April 24, 2018. *This article was selected as the second prize awardee of the 2018 ISDS Awards for Outstanding Research… read more
    … , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Document Anthrax Assist Demo With Notes.pptx View the full … Deaths curve Recovered curve Standards of care Treatment guidance to public Set treatment priority Mobilize medical …
  • Meaningful Use Business Process Mapping Questionnaire

    Content Type: Form

    The survey, developed by the ISDS Meaningful Use Business Process Mapping Subgroup, was designed to facilitate conversations between health care facilities and public health departments before and during Meaningful Use implementation and… read more
    … and during Meaningful Use implementation and onboarding. Document Form_2014_June17_MU Business Process Mapping … Process Mapping Questionnaire 46. Do you have a mapping document you can share with the public health authority? Yes … Data Element Information 46. Do you have a mapping document you can share with the public health authority? 47. …
  • Use of syndromic surveillance in decision making during the H1N1 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

    Content Type: Abstract

    For public health surveillance to achieve its desired purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality, surveillance data must be linked to public health response. While there is evidence of the growing popularity of syndromic surveillance (1,2), the… read more
    … of other existing public health surveillance systems. Document … rather vaccine availability and ministerial guidance acted as drivers for these decisions. Conclusions …