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  • Syndromic Surveillance from a Local Perspective: A Review of the Literature

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    Public health disease surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data for use in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health, with the overarching goal of providing… read more
    … and the public to improve public health actions and guidance. Since the 1950s, the goals and objectives of … and the public to improve public health actions and guidance. Since the 1950s, the goals and objectives of …
  • From Ebola to Heroin; the Use of EMS Data for Near Real Time Alerting and Surviellance

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    Arguably the two most significant public health issues over the past two years have been the outbreak of ebola in West Africa and the rising epidemic of heroin use and overdoses. In the case of Ebola, the CDC issued guidance for inpatient facilities… read more
    … use and overdoses. In the case of Ebola, the CDC issued guidance for inpatient facilities to screen for potential cases, however, there was little guidance for screening patients that presented to EMS … use and overdoses. In the case of Ebola, the CDC issued guidance for inpatient facilities to screen for potential …
  • Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents

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    Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more
    … consistently applied to identify MUS found in VA clinical documents. These efforts will support building a … to 3314, with an average of 17 symptom annotations per document. The number of annotations (unique mentions) for …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

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    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … ESSENCE streamlined the onboarding process by creating guidance for HL7 message construction, message testing and … process details (collectively referred to as “onboarding documents”). Oregon ESSENCE also built a project management … ESSENCE streamlined the onboarding process by creating guidance for HL7 message construction, message testing and …
  • Adaptation of GUARDIAN for Syndromic Surveillance During the NATO Summit

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    Special event driven syndromic surveillance is often initiated by public health departments with limited time for development of an automated surveillance framework, which can result in heavy reliance on frontline care providers and potentially miss… read more
    … for special event surveillance using GUARDIAN, as well as document lessons learned postevent regarding design … for special event surveillance using GUARDIAN, as well as document lessons learned postevent regarding design …
  • Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents

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    Homelessness in general is a major issue in the US today. The risk factors of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to… read more
    … Early identification of these factors from clinical documents may help detect or even predict homelessness … and risk factors for homelessness found in VA clinical documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support … _Detection_And_Prediction_Of_Homelessness_From_Va_Clinical_Documents.pdf Submitted by Magou on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 14:53 …
  • Making Syndromic Surveillance Relevant and Valuable for Emergency Managers

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    Intense stress can severely degrade one's ability to process and utilize new kinds of information.1 This psychological phenomena may partially explain why epidemiologist are challenged to communicate and establish the value of SyS information with… read more
    … has worked to identify gaps, potential best practices, document use cases, and identify tools for integration of … into all phases of emergencies. Objective : Identify and document strategies that enhance the value of syndromic … has worked to identify gaps, potential best practices, document use cases, and identify tools for integration of …
  • Strengthening Health Surveillance through the Development of Interagency Relationships

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    Introduction: response to this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CSTE, and the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) members created the Poison Center Public Health Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP acts as a… read more
    … and how these experiences have led to the proposed guidance. Objective : - To discuss the development of a set … and how these experiences have led to the proposed guidance. Objective : - To discuss the development of a set …