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  • Using cKASS to facilitate knowledge authoring and sharing for syndromic surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Mining text for real-time syndromic surveillance usually requires a comprehensive knowledge base (KB) which contains detailed information about concepts relevant to the domain, such as disease names, symptoms, drugs, and radiology findings. Two such… read more
    … resources that can be applied to syndromic surveillance. Document … ontology. In: Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Health Document Text Mining and Information Analysis (LOUHI), Bled, …
  • Dengue Outbreak in Punjab, Pakistan, 2011; Foundation for One Health Approach

    Content Type: Case Study

    During  2011, dengue fever emerged as a serious public health problem in Punjab, Pakistan. This crisis highlighted gaping holes in the health system. It was realized that the present system is unlikely to have the capacity in responding to an… read more
    … and town dengue control committees were made as per the guidance of World Health Organizations to the DOH, Punjab. …
  • Enhancing Nebraska's Rabies Surveillance using Electronic Public Health Cases Reports and ESSENCE

    Content Type: Case Study

    Accurate and timely reporting of animal rabies test results and potential human exposures is necessary to guide case management and define rabies epidemiology. Accordingly, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) collaborated with… read more
    … information. Readily accessible data are now available to document and justify both economic and health benefits of …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 1

    Content Type: Report

    Surveillance professionals from six states and one local public health agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 1 planned and attended the 2-day Workshop. Workshop attendees elected to explore how data sharing can… read more
    … discussion  Data standards/quality o Create metadata document o Develop standard classifiers o Documentation of …  worked  with  the  Workshop  facilitator  to   document  the  benefits,  barriers,  and  solutions  to …  and  public  health   business  practices.   • Document  and  describe  Workshop  outputs  related  to …
  • 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
    … enhance their emergency situational awareness capacity. Document … source of information used to provide health protection guidance to the public was air quality data, not human …
  • Monitoring and auditing the transfer of syndromic surveillance data to ensure data completeness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH. ESSENCE utilizes a secure, automated process for the transfer of data to the… read more
    … and auditing the transfer of syndromic surveillance data. Document … involved with the program have been able to monitor and document that over 99% of all possible data are incorporated …
  • Facilitating Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Through One Health Country-Level Work Groups

    Content Type: Case Study

    Zoonotic diseases compose a large proportion of the disease burden faced by African countries (e.g. Ebola). A One Health approach to disease control has been embraced across the continent, yet public health and veterinary surveillance systems in… read more
    … continued technical collaboration, and WHO/AFRO for their guidance and support of these efforts. Thank you to the …
  • Using R Shiny to Share Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented November 21, 2017. This presentation covers how the shiny package can complement traditional surveillance reporting through online, interactive applications. Kelley demonstrates a shiny application Cook County is currently… read more
    … Github here:  https://github.com/kb230557/Flu_Shiny_App . Document R Group_Shiny Presentation.pptx … Using R shiny to … in excel spreadsheets Excel graphs pasted into a Word document Saved as a PDF and emailed to our flu listserv on …