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  • How good is your data?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more
    … with summarized (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the … with summarized (aggregated) data, which cannot be traced back to the unaggregated ’raw’ data. This and the … with summarized (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the …
  • CDC Stimulants v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected stimulant overdoses.New or Revised Definition: Revision in CDC Stimulants v3Version Date… read more
    … health practitioners in monitoring emergency department visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. New or Revised … intent stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome definition. … that these codes were not identifying acute overdose visits and instead were being coded correctly as stimulant …
  • Indigenous Epidemiology: Identifying Health Disparities and Health Priorities

    Content Type: Abstract

    Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being of urban American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the United States. Furthermore, there has been limited data showing the increasing disparities that exists… read more
    … Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being … Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being …
  • Surveillance on Arboviral Infections in Georgia by using One Health Approach

    Content Type: Abstract

    Arbovirus infections are causing enormous global burden, while their geographic distribution expands and affects new regions and areas. West Nile virus (WNV), one of the most important pathogens among arboviruses, was historically associated with… read more
    … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low …
  • Supplementing Obesity-Related Surveillance with Persistent Health Assessment Tools

    Content Type: Abstract

    In response to the rise in obesity rates and obesity-related healthcare costs over the past several decades, numerous organizations have implemented obesity prevention programs. The current method for evaluating the success of these programs relies… read more
    … obesity rates. As a result, public health policy makers lack the fine-grained evaluation data needed to make timely … obesity rates. As a result, public health policy makers lack the fine-grained evaluation data needed to make timely …
  • An evaluation of mobile phone technology use for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in Andhra Pradesh, India

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health surveillance systems are constantly facing challenges of epidemics and shortage in the health care workforce. These challenges are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where new… read more
    … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … it as widely or extensively as was possible, because of lack of clear directives for implementation; lack of …
  • Benzodiazepine Overdose v2 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal benzodiazepine-involved overdoses using syndromic… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal benzodiazepine-involved … or undetermined intent. The query uses two fields from ED visit records to identify encounters that meet the … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal benzodiazepine-involved …
  • Validation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Respiratory Syndrome using Electronic Health Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Effective and valid surveillance of syndromes can be extremely useful in the early detection of outbreaks and disease trends. However, medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult.… read more
    … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. …