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  • Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals

    Content Type: Abstract

    The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system (CWS) detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system. The… read more
    … of Water, Cincinnati, OH, USA E-mail: ahaas2@csc.com Objective To develop standard operating procedures … A Haas et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 15 After convening a 15min conference … Emerging Health Threats Journal A Haas et al. 2011, 4:s26 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 16 …
  • Stakeholder Perspectives of Biosurveillance: a Qualitative Analysis

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    For more than a decade, biosurveillance systems (and more recently BioSense) have been employed in the United States. Efforts to drastically expand these surveillance capacities have been a national priority given concerns … read more
    … Management. Feds Fund Public Health Links; 2008.http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/ news/NHIN25932-1.html Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions

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    Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more
    … concept, 2006 to 2009. PLoS Curr. 2011;3:RRN1251. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/21894257. *Don Olson E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … 2011, 4: 11069 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11069 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894257 …
  • Understanding the Spectrum of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Sources and their Variation by Community

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    There is a saying in EMS that if you've "seen one EMS system, then you've seen one EMS system". Many EMS systems have good or even great data for surveillance and research, but while there are some standards developing for EMS data formats and… read more
    … Please ask Todd, OR ¨  Email me at abeykuruvilla@gmail.com Thank You! 1 ©2009 Chris Olola PhD, Greg Scott MBA, … tstout@firstwatch.net Abey Kuruvilla abeykuruvilla@gmail.com Chris Olola Chris.Olola@ emergencydispatch.org (will … – Standardized process •  International Standard (www.EmergencyDispatch.org) •  3,200+ Communications Centers …
  • Survey of Syndromic Surveillance Uses

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    Syndromic surveillance is the surveillance of healthrelated data that precedes diagnosis to detect a disease outbreak or other health related event that warrants a public health response. Though syndromic surveillance is… read more
    … for Disease Control and Prevention, web citation http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/syndromic.htm. [2] J Am Med … Further Information: Hillary Kleiner, kleiner_hillary@bah.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:40 …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

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    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the study period, 95% of these records contained a chief com- plaint, 14% a working diagnosis, and 37% a final … health emergencies. MMWR 2004;53(Suppl):53--5. [2] http://www.cdc.gov/biosense Further Information: Peter Hicks: …
  • Exploring the Role of Quest Diagnostics Corporate Data Warehouse for Timely Influenza Surveillance

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    A Quest Diagnostics Incorporated – CDC collaboration in 2000  pioneered  exploration  of  test  ordering data to enhance infectious diseasessurveillance1. This  year’s  unexpected shortage of vaccine and… read more
    … specimens testing positive for influenza viruses (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm). RESULTS The Table … Eileen Koski, Eileen.X.Koski@questdiagnostics.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:41 …
  • Influenza mortality surveillance using a statewide electronic death registration system F Nebraska, 2009–2010

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    Public health surveillance using death data is critical for tracking the impact of diseases such as influenza. However, utility of such systems is compromised by delayed reporting, particularly when it is paper based. In Nebraska, funeral directors… read more
    … specific death surveillance system using EDRS were com- pared with active surveillance using laboratory and … BF Buss et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 14 (sensitivity, 43.8%). Overall, few … Health Threats Journal BF Buss et al. 2011, 4:s66 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 15 …