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  • 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 … unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents BR South1,2, M Palmer1, S Shen1,2, G Divita1,2, S …
  • 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 …
  • Washington State Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: State Specific Implementation Guide

    HL7 2.5.1 messaging for Emergency, Inpatient, Non-urgent Ambulatory, and Urgent Care Settings Washington State Department of Health (WA DOH) has compiled this guide for eligible hospitals and professionals who wish to demonstrate meaningful use… read more
    … of syndromic surveillance data to Public Health. This document is intended to be a consolidated guide for the … of syndromic surveillance data to Public Health. This document is intended to be a consolidated guide for the …
  • Electronic Case Reporting of STIs: Assessing EHR Generated CCDs

    Content Type: Abstract

    Under the CDC STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Part B grant, WA DOH is testing electronic case reporting (eCR) of sexually transmitted infections (STI) from a clinical partner. Objective We reviewed CCDs (a type of consolidated… read more
    … type of consolidated clinical data architecture (C-CDA) document) shared by our clinical partner, Planned Parenthood … type of consolidated clinical data architecture (C-CDA) document) shared by our clinical partner, Planned Parenthood …
  • EpiSentry: simulation-based threat identification, response management and decision support for outbreaks and pandemics

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2009 H1N1 novel flu pandemic demonstrates how a rapidly spreading, contagious illness can affect the world’s population in multiple ways including health, economics, education, transportation, and national security. Pandemic … read more
    … and predictive models, and provides timely guidance to decision makers at multiple levels of … support for disease outbreaks or bio-terror events. Document … analysis tools with a decision support system to provide guidance on pandemic and bio-terror investigations (Figure …
  • NSSP Onboarding - Creating a Systematic Approach

    Content Type: Webinar

    NSSP Onboarding has historically been a very labor intensive and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team members.  In order to meet future demand, Jurisdictions will play a greater… read more
    … and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team … and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team …
  • Self-Reported Selected Zoonotic Diseases among Animal Handlers in Ahmedabad City

    Content Type: Abstract

    The usual mechanism of disease or infection transmission from vertebrate animals to humans and vice-versa is classified as zoonosis. Globally out of all microbial pathogenic disease, 61% are zoonotic with 13% species are regarded as emerging or… read more
    … documented. Objective: The present study aims to document the burden of self-reported selected zoonotic … documented. Objective: The present study aims to document the burden of self-reported selected zoonotic …