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Creation of a Technical Tool to Improve Syndromic Surveillance Onboarding in Tennessee
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Syndromic surveillance is commonly supported by information generated from electronic health record (EHR) systems and sent to public health via standardized messaging. Before public health can receive syndromic surveillance information from an EHR,… read more -
Monitoring Out-of-State Patients during a 2017 Hurricane Response using ESSENCE
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Syndromic surveillance is the monitoring of symptom combinations (i.e., syndromes) or other indicators within a population to inform public health actions. The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) collects emergency department (ED) data from more… read more -
Leveraging Public Health Emergency Informatics during the Fungal Infections Outbreak, Tennessee - 2012
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Late in September 2012, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) identified a cluster of fungal infections following epidural injection of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) from a single compounding pharmacy. This presented a public health imperative… read more -
Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Aid Public Health Actions in Tennessee
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Syndromic surveillance data is typically used for the monitoring of symptom combinations in patient chief complaints (i.e. syndromes) or health indicators within a population to inform public health actions. The Tennessee Department of Health… read more