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  • Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more
    … Chief Complaints •Challenges •Tool developed at UNC A Visit to the ED Chief Complaints- Influenza Chief Complaint: … Yellow sputum. Respiratory Fever Rash on chest, spread to back, abd & neck. Fever today with back pain. Aches. Fever …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 1

    Content Type: Report

    Surveillance professionals from six states and one local public health agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 1 planned and attended the 2-day Workshop. Workshop attendees elected to explore how data sharing can… read more
    … • Access to syndromic surveillance emergency department visit data; and • The tools necessary to prepare, analyze, … the blank  IT at participating hospitals  Personality  Lack of experience  Time (competing priorities)  Legal …
  • Using Change Point Detection for Monitoring the Quality of Aggregate Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Data consisting of counts or indicators aggregated from multiple sources pose particular problems for data quality monitoring when the users of the aggregate data are blind to the individual sources. This arises when agencies wish to share data but… read more
    … changes in the source make up of the reporting sites and lack of data timeliness due to individual site data accruing … changes in the source make up of the reporting sites and lack of data timeliness due to individual site data accruing …
  • Data Quality Improvements in National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is a community focused collaboration among federal, state, and local public health agencies and partners for timely exchange of syndromic data. These data, captured in nearly real time, are intended… read more
    … surveillance system (BioSense 2), there was a reported lack of transparency and sharing of information on the data … surveillance system (BioSense 2), there was a reported lack of transparency and sharing of information on the data …
  • A Scoping Review of Enterovirus D-68

    Content Type: Abstract

    EV-D68 is a non-polio enterovirus, primarily resulting in respiratory illness, with clinical symptoms ranging from mild to severe. Infection has also been associated with severe neurological conditions like acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). EV-D68 was… read more
    … several important EV-D68 evidence gaps including a lack of risk factor and clinical information available for … several important EV-D68 evidence gaps including a lack of risk factor and clinical information available for …
  • Preliminary Look into the ICD9/10 Transition Impact on Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    On October 1, 2015, the number of ICD codes will expand from 14,000 in version 9 to 68,000 in version 10. The new code set will increase the specificity of reporting, allowing more information to be conveyed in a single code. It is anticipated that… read more
    … existing systems to accommodate the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which … existing systems to accommodate the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which …
  • CDC Suicide Attempt v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts. The definition can be used to supplement case-finding using… read more
    … practitioners in identifying emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts. The definition can be … on suicidal intent as the definition included ED visits due to non-suicidal self-harm. ED-SNSRO recipients … definition for suicide attempt that would exclude visits for non-suicidal self-harm.   Development Methods: …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 10

    Content Type: Report

    The HHS Region 10 workshop engaged nine participants from state and local public health departments in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with experience in syndromic surveillance that ranged from less than 1 year to over 10 years. Representatives from… read more
    … illness (ILI) surveillance using regional health center visit data with an aim of better understanding the practical … barriers, and solutions to sharing health center visit data among jurisdictions in HHS Region 10 and with the … saw very minimal gains across all categories. The lack of concrete data used at the Workshop likely …