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Research on School Absenteeism Data and the Effect of School Closings on Disease Spread
Content Type: Webinar
Presenters Marc Paladini, MPH, U.S. Department of Transportation Catherine Cairns Julia Gunn, MPH, RN, Boston Public Health Commission Francisco… read more -
Data Quality
Content Type: Use Case
Problem Summary Data collection across a growing stream of contributing facilities and variables requires automated, consistent, and efficient monitoring of quality. Epidemiologists tasked with analyzing syndromic data need to be confident in the… read more -
Implications of ICD-9/10 CM Transition for Public Health Surveillance: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned from Multiple Sectors of Public Health
Content Type: Abstract
This roundtable provided a forum for a diverse set of representatives from the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and promising practices regarding the potential impact of the… read more -
Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more -
Classification of Emergency Department Syndromic Data for Seasonal Influenza Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
We evaluated several classifications of emergency department (ED) syndromic data to ascertain best syndrome classifications for ILI. -
Performance of a Syndromic Surveillance System for Detecting Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following a Severe Windstorm
Content Type: Abstract
On December 14th, 2006, a severe windstorm in western Washington caused hundreds of thousands of residents to lose power. On December 15, 2006, there was a surge in emergency department (ED) visits for patients presenting with signs… read more -
How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu
Content Type: Abstract
We sought to evaluate the validity of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations (PI) data gathered by our biosurveillance system. -
Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective
Content Type: Abstract
We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.