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Automating BioSense 2.0 Locker Processing for Local Program-Specific Surveillance
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Syndromic surveillance can provide early warning of potential public health emergencies and acute health events in a population. The sharing and aggregation of syndromic data among jurisdictions can provide more comprehensive situational awareness… read more… functions, and provides access only to binned data. The back-door interface, with access to additional data lockers … functions, and provides access only to binned data. The back-door interface, with access to additional data lockers … -
Establishing a Pilot Surveillance System for Venous Thromboembolism
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The U.S. Surgeon General's 2008 Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) raised the importance of conducting surveillance for VTE. VTE comprises PE and DVT and collectively is responsible for estimated 350,000… read more… from cohort studies in selected counties (which often lack racial diversity typical of the U.S.) and then … from cohort studies in selected counties (which often lack racial diversity typical of the U.S.) and then … -
How Syndromic Surveillance Helps Clinical Practice: Use of Epidemiological Surveillance Data to Inform Clinical Decisions
Content Type: Webinar
Presenter Dr. Andrew Fine, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Hosts Johns Hopkins University Grand Rounds and ISDS Research Committee Date… read more… set – 2/3, 1/3 random split " Data elements Age Visit Date Clinic location Clinical signs and symptoms … " hoarseness, headache " nausea, vomiting " lack of rhinorrhea " RLPP Calculation of Home score " … -
National Syndromic Surveillance Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS - 8/14/15 Draft
Content Type: Report
This document is a DRAFT Implementation Plan from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for software development from July 2015 to December 2016. At the in-person Governance meeting in June 2015, the CDC agreed to provide… read more… Master clean-up Collapsing of records into a “patient visit event” Data Landscape and Current Data Flow Four core … Rules: 1) Blank Facility ID 2) Blank Patient ID 3) No Visit Date 3 DoD/VA States 3 Binning 1 HL7 / Mirth 8 … -
Exploring the Expanded PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
ISDS, in collaboration with and with the support of CDC, recently released a new version of the PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance. This Guide expands on previous versions and includes specifications for transmitting… read more… (TreaBng) Message Date/Time Unique PaBent/Visit IdenBfier Age Age Units* (Condi'onal) … PaBent Country Chief Complaint/ Reason for Visit Admit or Encounter Date/Time PaBent Class … InformaBon • ADT^A03: Discharge/End Visit • ACK^AXX*: General Acknowledgment *Can send ACK … -
Building your Dream Surveillance Information System
Content Type: Webinar
Epidemiologists are often frustrated by the lack of timely, accurate, and comprehensive surveillance data. This webinar describes the results of three years of research into a new approach to surveillance information collection, management, and use… read more… Epidemiologists are often frustrated by the lack of timely, accurate, and comprehensive surveillance … Epidemiologists are often frustrated by the lack of timely, accurate, and comprehensive surveillance … -
Update from CDC's Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)
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The practice of public health surveillance is evolving as electronic health records (EHRs) and automated laboratory information systems are increasing adopted, as new approaches for health information exchange are employed, and as new health… read more… opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new … opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new … -
The Epidemiologic Vocabulary of the West and the Former Soviet Union: Different Sides of the Same Science
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As part of the US Department of Defense strategy to counter biological threats, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Biological Engagement Program is enhancing the capabilities of countries in the former Soviet Union (FSU) to detect,… read more… Consequently many fundamental Soviet terms and concepts lack simple correlates in English and other languages … Consequently many fundamental Soviet terms and concepts lack simple correlates in English and other languages …