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  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties

    Content Type: Abstract

    CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in disaster and post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages most likely occur (1, 2). The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from… read more
    … CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity … (NYSDPS). These data can be used to estimate the risk of CO-EDs and provide useful information for public health … events. Objective 1) To identify carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in three most affected New York State (NYS) …
  • New Master Mapping Reference Table (MMRT) to Assist ICD-10 Transition for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    As of October 1, 2015, all HIPAA covered entities transition from the use of International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD-9-CM) to version 10 (ICD-10-CM/PCS). Many Public Health surveillance entities receive, interpret, analyze, and… read more
    … International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD-9-CM) to version 10 (ICD-10-CM/PCS). Many Public Health surveillance entities receive, … consensus-driven syndrome definitions based on ICD- 10-CM codes. The goal was to have the newly created ICD-9-CM …
  • SMART Platforms: Building The App Store for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    Health care information is a fundamental source of data for biosurveillance, configuring electronic health records to report relevant data to health departments is technically challenging, labor intensive, and often requires custom solutions for… read more
    … and biosurveillance. Under a major a HHS initiative, he co-leads the SMART Platforms project, which seeks to create an "app store" for health. He co-directs a CDC Center of Excellence in Public Health … Program (CHIP) Harvard Center for Biomedical Informatics Co-Director CDC Center of Excellence in Public Health …
  • Forming Collaborations through the Data Quality Committee to Address Urgent Incidents

    Content Type: Abstract

    On November 20, 2017, several sites participating in the NSSP reported anomalies in their syndromic data. Upon review, it was found that between November 17-18, an EHR vendor’s syndromic product experienced an outage and errors in processing… read more
    … and formulate solutions to provide to the entire NSSP CoP. Objective: The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) works to support syndromic surveillance by providing … and formulate solutions to provide to the entire NSSP CoP. Objective: The National Syndromic Surveillance Program …
  • Community Engagement among the BioSense 2.0 User Group

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense 2.0 has become a platform for technical receipt and analysis of syndromic surveillance data for many jurisdictions nationwide, as well as a collaborative effort that has engaged a larger community of syndromic surveillance practitioners,… read more
    … of the system and disconnected efforts among the CoP. In May 2014, representatives from 41 jurisdictions … for the syndromic surveillance Community of Practice (CoP) to learn about activities of the BioSense 2.0 User … of the system and disconnected efforts among the CoP. In May 2014, representatives from 41 jurisdictions …
  • Carbon Monoxide - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO Poisoning a mandatory reportable disease, but this was done so rapidly that hospital didn't have the chance to get reporting measures/alerts in place… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO Poisoning a … poison^,or,^COTox^,or,^CO Tox^,or,^monox^,or,^co2 pois^,or,^co2pois^,or,^c02 pois^,or,^c02pois^ Key Terms … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO Poisoning a …
  • Mapping Bioterrorism Agents Research Literature

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a research effort to map the literature of bioterrorism agents research worldwide using bibliographic analysis, content map analysis, and co-authorship analysis based on Medline data. The objectives of our research are to (a)… read more
    … using bibliographic analysis, content map analysis, and co-authorship analysis based on Medline data. The objectives … using bibliographic analysis, content map analysis, and co-authorship analysis based on Medline data. The objectives … No.202, 10/20/2005, Rules and Regulations. [3] http://www.cdc.gov/OD/OHS/biosfty/biosfty.htm [4] Chen H., C. …
  • Using the Flow of People in Cluster Detection and Inference

    Content Type: Abstract

    The traditional SaTScan algorithm[1],[2] uses the euclidean dis- tance between centroids of the regions in a map to assemble a con- nected (in the sense that two connected regions share a physical border) sets of regions. According to the value of… read more
    … between centroids of the regions in a map to assemble a con- nected (in the sense that two connected regions share a … study of events like contagious diseases or homicides we con- sider using the flow of people between two regions in … between centroids of the regions in a map to assemble a con- nected (in the sense that two connected regions share a …