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  • Improving quality and interoperability of public health messaging guides: CDC messaging quality framework (MQF)

    Content Type: Abstract

    The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing messages may resolve… read more
    … of electronic public health systems. Objective This document describes the Public Health Information Network … and communicating quality, standard electronic messages. Document … CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: dgz1@cdc.gov Objective This document describes the Public Health Information Network …
  • Modeling Disease Surveillance and Assessing its Effectiveness for Detection of Acute Respiratory Outbreaks in Resource-Limited Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    A U.S. Department of Defense program is underway to assess health surveillance in resource-poor settings and to evaluate the Early Warning Outbreak Reporting System. This program has included several information-gathering trips,… read more
    … 2006.   Objective This modeling effort will provide guidance for policy and planning decisions in developing … System Objective This modeling effort will provide guidance for policy and planning decisions in developing … 2006.   Objective This modeling effort will provide guidance for policy and planning decisions in developing …
  • Data for Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 6, 2016 Amy Ising presented these slides during the ISDS Pre-Conference Workshop as part of the 2016 ISDS Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation provices an introduction to Syndromic Surveillance, an overview… read more
    … elements involved in the analysis, sample use cases, and guidance on presenting syndromic surveillance data to … slides here Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 12:00 Document ISDS 2016 Pre Conference Track 1 Session 1 … increased drastically. This means that physicians need to document in much greater detail than they had to previously …
  • Finding medically unexplained symptoms within VA clinical documents using v3NLP

    Content Type: Abstract

    Pro-WATCH (protecting war fighters using algorithms for text processing to capture health events), a syndromic surveillance project for veterans of operation enduring freedom (OEF)/operation Iraqi freedom (OIF), includes a task to identify medically… read more
    … being customized to identify symptoms within VA clinical documents, and then refined to assign duration. The … symptoms and the aggregation of this information across documents by patient’s is not addressed here. Objective … currently in development to find duration assertions. Document …
  • FL's County Health Department Epidemiology Hurricane Toolkit

    Content Type: Training

    The Florida County Health Department Epidemiology Hurricane Toolkit, developed by the Florida Department of Health, helps county health departments (CHD)… read more
    … response will differ, based on needs. The toolkit offers guidance on the following topics: CHD response activities …  Surveillance Outbreak response  Infection control guidance CHD Epidemiology Hurricane Toolkit 2020 Submitted … response will differ, based on needs. The toolkit offers guidance on the following topics: CHD response activities …
  • Heat Related Illness v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness.Definition description: The Heat… read more
    … syntax. The guide, Heat-Related Illness Syndrome Query: A Guidance Document for Implementing Heat-Related Illness Syndromic … HOT^,OR,^W92^,),) nssp@cdc.gov, climateandhealth@cdc.gov Document Heat Related Illness v2.pdf Submitted by rtugan on … guide, Heat- Related Illness Syndrome Query: A Guidance Document for Implementing Heat-Related Illness Syndromic …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS Addendum 1 - 2/23/16 Draft

    Content Type: Report

    This document is the 1st Addendum to the NSSP Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS. The addendum provides a… read more
    … This document is the 1 st  Addendum to the NSSP Implementation … This document is the 1 st  Addendum to the NSSP Implementation …
  • Adverse Drug Events: Insights From Google Search Volume

    Content Type: Abstract

    Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. However, post-marketing surveillance systems are passive and reporting is generally not mandated. Thus, many ADEs go unreported, and it is difficult to estimate and/or… read more
    … side effects are more difficult to characterize and document. Drugs with a high risk of harm outweighing the … side effects are more difficult to characterize and document. Drugs with a high risk of harm outweighing the … side effects are more difficult to characterize and document. Drugs with a high risk of harm outweighing the …