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Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops
Content Type: Report
This report summarize the work of eight Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops that were held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Regions 1-7 and 10 from May 2013 through June 2015. The ultimate aim was to reach all ten HHS… read more -
The Impact of Weather on Influenza-like Illness Rates in Chicago
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Weather events such as a heat wave or a cold snap can cause a change to the number of patients and types of symptoms seen at a healthcare facility. Understanding the impact of weather patterns on ILI surveillance may be useful for early detection… read more -
The Need for Address Based Data: Disaggregation of Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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Epidemiological surveillance is used to monitor time trends in diseases and the distribution of the diseases in the population. To streamline the process of identifying outbreaks, and notification of disease, syndromic surveillance has emerged as a… read more -
The Public Health Community Platform: Shared Resources For Enterprise Solutions
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Public health is at a precipice of increasing demand for the consumption and analysis of large amounts of disparate data, the centralization of local and state IT offices, and the compartmentalization of programmatic technology solutions. Public… read more -
The Threat of Ebola Virus Disease: A Call to Integrate all Sectors in Surveillance Activities in Ghana
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Disease surveillance particularly surveillance for communicable diseases is essential in identifying cases and preventing the occurrence of an outbreak. Surveillance can also contribute to reducing the size of an outbreak. In order to achieve these… read more -
Timeliness of Chlamydia Laboratory and Provider Reports: A Modern Perspective
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Timeliness of reports sent by laboratories and providers is a continuous challenge for disease surveillance and management. Public health organizations often collect communicable disease reports with various degrees of timeliness raising the concern… read more -
Using Big Healthcare Data to Supplement Chikungunya Surveillance in the U.S.
Content Type: Abstract
Chikungunya virus disease (CHIK) is a mosquito-borne viral infection currently widespread in the Caribbean with the potential for emergence and endemicity in the U.S. via infected travelers and local mosquito vectors. CHIK disease can be severe and… read more -
Using Emergency Department Data for Detection of a Synthetic Marijuana Outbreak
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Timely access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, allows for early outbreak detection and prompt response by public health officials.BioSense 2.0 is a cloud-based application that… read more