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Jurisdictional Etiquette Workgroup: An offshoot of a Syndromic Surveillance Consortium
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Syndromic data is shifting the way surveillance has been done traditionally. Most recently, surveillance has gone beyond city limits and county boundary lines. In southeast Texas, a regional consortium of public health agencies and stakeholders in… read more… and stakeholders in the 13-County area governs the local ESSENCE system. The Houston Health Department, (HHD) is responsible for deploying ESSENCE to the entire region. To effectively monitor the … -
Regional Governance of Syndromic Surveillance for the Texas Gulf Coast
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Syndromic surveillance systems are large and complex technology projects that increasingly require large investments of financial and political capital to be sustainable. What was once a minor surveillance tool in the mid-2000s has evolved into a… read more… (HHD) from being a locally managed and aging system to an ESSENCE system governed by a regional Consortium of public … (HHD) from being a locally managed and aging system to an ESSENCE system governed by a regional Consortium of public …