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  • Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo

    Content Type: Abstract

    The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more
    … (SSIC) Peninsula system has collected 58,542 hospital visits of interest (potentially of infectious nature), and a baseline of 123,285 (total visits) records total. Of these visits of interest, 28,624 … info, contact Bryant Karras at bkarras@u.washington.edu, phone 206-221-6676, or view our web site at …
  • Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.
    … analyzes multiple traditional (such as emergency room visits, private provider visits) and non-traditional (such as over-the- counter drug … for the Mary- land region: ESSENCE data revealed 18 coded visits associated with neurological disease compared to …
  • Integrated approach of non-specific surveillance in Reunion Island

    Content Type: Abstract

    In Reunion Island, the non-specific surveillance was developed since 2006 and was based on the activity of only one hospital emergency department and on mortality. To respond to the threat of influenza A(H1N1) pandemic emergence, this surveillance… read more
    … departments of the four hospitals; � number of call phone for ILI to the emergency medical service regulation center; � number of consultations and home visits by general practi- tioners. These indicators and … show various levels of gravity of the influenza pandemic (phone calls, practitioner consultations and emer- gency …
  • MBDS One Health Digital Disease Surveillance Application

    Content Type: Case Study

    The past decade has seen the rise of many new diseases, and the re-emergence of others which were thought to have been brought under control. This is the combined result of the expansion of global trade and travel, the increases in populations of… read more
    … with Bioterrorism and/or pandemic potential. Mobile Phone application development is adapted on SMS based alert … gateway” mini-client that allows you to plug a local cell phone into your laptop, connect to the Internet, and allow …
  • Executive Summary of the ISDS DTRA Consultancy Project 2014-2017

    Content Type: Report

    The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) fills the need for a practical forum and coordinating mechanism for collaboration among subject matter experts (SMEs) from stakeholder groups that may normally not interact but who, when… read more
    … a dataset built from approximately 20,000 hospital visits captured via syndromic surveillance. Researchers can … or to learn how to connect with ISDS, please visit www.healthsurveillance.org or email the ISDS Executive …
  • What is the Value of a Positive Syndromic Surveillance Signal?

    Content Type: Abstract

    One criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of a surveillance system is the system’s positive predictive value. To our knowledge few studies have described the positive predictive value of syndromic surveillance signals… read more
    … departments (EDs) in King County. EDs send data on all visits that occurred the previous day. Aberrations in the … communicable disease reporting mechanisms (e.g., via phone or fax). A signal was classified as a true positive if …
  • NSSP Community of Practice (CoP) Monthly Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2026
    • January 2026 - Recording (Topics: Syndromic Surveillance Success Stories, Death Cap Mushroom Response, Asyndromic Surveillance of New York City Emergency…
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    … Surveillance of New York City Emergency Department Visits with the Tree-Temporal Scan Statistic) 2025 December … Updates, Orange County, CA Jurisdiction Introduction, Visits by ED Shift and Day of Week) July 2025 - Recording … Surveillance of New York City Emergency Department Visits with the Tree-Temporal Scan Statistic) 2025 December …
  • Challenges of introducing disease surveillance technology in developing countries: experiences from India and Sri Lanka

    Content Type: Abstract

    Modern information and communication technologies have increasingly prominent roles in health care systems. To capitalize on attainable benefits, it is essential to thoroughly and purposefully weave them into the existing business … read more
    … and alerting.1 Data collection relies on amobile phone applicationmHealthsurvey to transfer paper records of outpatient visits to a central database. Data are then analyzed using …