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  • What is a success story and how do I write one?

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented March 22, 2018. Are you facing one of the barriers to writing a story about your surveillance data in action listed below? Barriers:
    • I don't know what a success story is.
    • I’m not sure if I have a story to…
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    … how to share it with the community I don't have time to document my story Have you been asked to write a “success … successes can advance the practice of public health. Document … 4. How do I write/share my story? 5. I don’t have time to document my story 6. Next Steps Title Authors/Presenter 2012 …
  • Adaptation of GUARDIAN for Syndromic Surveillance During the NATO Summit

    Content Type: Abstract

    Special event driven syndromic surveillance is often initiated by public health departments with limited time for development of an automated surveillance framework, which can result in heavy reliance on frontline care providers and potentially miss… read more
    … for special event surveillance using GUARDIAN, as well as document lessons learned postevent regarding design … for special event surveillance using GUARDIAN, as well as document lessons learned postevent regarding design …
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012)

    Content Type: Messaging Standard

    This document represents the collaborative effort of the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to specify a national… read more
    … This document represents the collaborative effort of the … This document represents the collaborative effort of the …
  • Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Homelessness in general is a major issue in the US today. The risk factors of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to… read more
    … Early identification of these factors from clinical documents may help detect or even predict homelessness … and risk factors for homelessness found in VA clinical documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support … _Detection_And_Prediction_Of_Homelessness_From_Va_Clinical_Documents.pdf Submitted by Magou on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 14:53 …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … ESSENCE streamlined the onboarding process by creating guidance for HL7 message construction, message testing and … process details (collectively referred to as “onboarding documents”). Oregon ESSENCE also built a project management … ESSENCE streamlined the onboarding process by creating guidance for HL7 message construction, message testing and …
  • Fact Sheet: Overdose Reporting Requirements

    Content Type: References

    This Fact Sheet, created by the Network for Public Health Law in May 2017 and updated as of December 6, 2017, provides a snapshot of current and proposed laws, regulations, and sub-regulatory sources governing mandatory disease reporting… read more
    … or explicitly permit it. For more information about the document, go to … or explicitly permit it. For more information about the document, go to …
  • Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more
    … consistently applied to identify MUS found in VA clinical documents. These efforts will support building a … Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Document … ly_Unexplained_Symptoms_And_Syndromes_Found_In_Va_Clinical_Documents.pdf Submitted by hparton on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 16:38 …
  • Making Syndromic Surveillance Relevant and Valuable for Emergency Managers

    Content Type: Abstract

    Intense stress can severely degrade one's ability to process and utilize new kinds of information.1 This psychological phenomena may partially explain why epidemiologist are challenged to communicate and establish the value of SyS information with… read more
    … has worked to identify gaps, potential best practices, document use cases, and identify tools for integration of … into all phases of emergencies. Objective : Identify and document strategies that enhance the value of syndromic … has worked to identify gaps, potential best practices, document use cases, and identify tools for integration of …