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Establishing a Federal and State Data Exchange Pilot for Public Health Situational Awareness
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ASPR deploys clinical assets, including an EMR system, to the ground per state requests during planned and no-notice events. The analysis of patient data collected by deployed federal personnel is an integral part of ASPR and FDOH’s surveillance… read more -
Establishment of a One Health Surveillance Initiative in the CA/Baja CA Border Region
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The CA/BC border region encompasses a wide range of ecosystems, topography, dense urban areas, and agricultural developments that coexist in a limited geographic area and create numerous humananimal-environmental interfaces. The region is recognized… read more -
Estimation of Influenza Incidence by Age in the 2011/12 Seasons in Japan using SASSy
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So as to develop more effective countermeasures against influenza, timely and precise information about influenza activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center of the National… read more -
Evaluating a Social Network Analytic Tool to Support Outbreak Management and Contact Tracing in an Outbreak of Pertussis
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Pertussis (i.e., whooping cough) is on the rise in the US. To implement effective prevention and treatment strategies, it is critical to conduct timely contact tracing and evaluate people who may have come into contact with an infected person. We… read more -
Evaluating Biosurveillance System Components using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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The evaluation of biosurveillance system components is a complex, multi-objective decision that requires consideration of a variety of factors. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis provides a methodology to assist in the objective analysis of these… read more -
Evaluating Syndromic Data for Surveillance of Non-infectious Disease
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Syndromic surveillance data has predominantly been used for surveillance of infectious disease and for broad symptom types that could be associated with bioterrorism. There has been a growing interest to expand the uses of syndromic data beyond… read more -
Evaluating the Variation on Public Health's Perceived Field Need of Communicable Disease Reports
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Communicable disease surveillance is a core Public Health function. Many diseases must be reported to state and federal agencies (1). To manage and adjudicate such cases, public health stakeholders gather various data elements. Since cases are… read more -
Evaluating Usefulness of Maine's Syndromic Surveillance System for Hospitals, 2012
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Maine has been conducting syndromic surveillance since 2007 using the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS). An evaluation of the syndromic surveillance system was conducted to determine if system objectives are being met, assess the system’s… read more