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Poison Control Center Data in the NC DETECT Syndromic Surveillance System.
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CPC provides the 24/7/365 poison hotline for the entire state of North Carolina and currently handles approximately 80,000 calls per year. CPC consultation services that assist callers with poison exposure, diagnosis, optimal patient management,… read more… patient management, therapy, and patient disposition guidance remain indispensable to the public and health care … patient management, therapy, and patient disposition guidance remain indispensable to the public and health care … -
EpiSentry: simulation-based threat identification, response management and decision support for outbreaks and pandemics
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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 … and predictive models, and provides timely guidance to decision makers at multiple levels of … -
Acute Hepatitis A Infections among Veterans in Outbreak States, 2016-2018
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Although cases of acute HAV have declined in recent years, elevated numbers of HAV infections began to be reported by California and Michigan in the fall of 2016.1,2 Since this time, associated outbreaks have been reported in 9 additional states (… read more… a Health Alert Network Advisory providing additional guidance on identification and prevention of HAV and updates … a Health Alert Network Advisory providing additional guidance on identification and prevention of HAV and updates … -
What's in Your Pocket? Trends in Mobile Apps for Biosurveillance and Decision-Making
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To review current trends and issues in the development and use of mobile apps for public health surveillance and decision making in settings with different resource availability and technological development. The panel discussion will address cross-… read more… to ensure representativeness. This panel will provide guidance for future development and utility of mobile apps … to ensure representativeness. This panel will provide guidance for future development and utility of mobile apps … -
National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Syndrome Definitions Workgroup - Report
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This report summarizes a series of seven meetings of the Syndrome Definition Workgroup held in 2014 and 2015. Objective To review, validate, and modify syndromes and provide community input on a process to update or… read more… discussion centered around governance group requests for guidance on community desired syndrome operationalization, … discussion centered around governance group requests for guidance on community desired syndrome operationalization, … -
State Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Response Laws: Compilation and Analysis
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Foodborne illnesses sicken 48 million and kill 3,000 Americans every year, presenting an enduring threat to the public’s health. In just the past three years alone, the United States has experienced at least four major multistate outbreaks in food.… read more… for surveillance and outbreak response. Objective To document and assess the variation in state legislation … for surveillance and outbreak response. Objective To document and assess the variation in state legislation … -
Syndromic Surveillance on the Mental Health Impact of Political Rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia
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As part of a wide-spread community discussion on the presence of monuments to Confederate Civil War figures, the Charlottesville city council voted to remove a statue of General Robert E. Lee. Multiple rallies were then held to protest the statueâ… read more… surveillance, however, has not previously been used to document the effect of racially-charged violence on the … surveillance, however, has not previously been used to document the effect of racially-charged violence on the … -
Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents
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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 … ly_Unexplained_Symptoms_And_Syndromes_Found_In_Va_Clinical_Documents.pdf Submitted by hparton on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 16:38 … consistently applied to identify MUS found in VA clinical documents. These efforts will support building a …