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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 … 23, 2008. Available at: http:// www.cdc.gov/phin/library/documents/pdf/PHIN%20Notification- …
  • 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 … an outbreak with pandemic potential. Document … System 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 … elements involved in the analysis, sample use cases, and guidance on presenting syndromic surveillance data to …
  • 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 … currently in development to find duration assertions. Document … the parts of speech and words around medical concepts, document type and section headings. For this Pro-WATCH task, …
  • 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 …
  • 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 … Dakota 289200 Non BioSense San Mateo, CA 247889 3 … This document is the 1 st  Addendum to the NSSP Implementation …
  • Unplanned School Closures in the United States: Evaluation of Economic and Social Costs and Consequences for Students’ Families

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends implementing early targeted school closures as one of the front-line interventions to slow progression of a severe influenza pandemic before appropriate vaccine becomes available.… read more
    … can inform updates to CDC’s pandemic preparedness guidance. Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Mon, 11/06/2017 - … can inform updates to CDC’s pandemic preparedness guidance. … Unplanned School Closures in the United States: …
  • 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 … detection and characterization of adverse drug events. Document …