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National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Data Quality Workgroup
Content Type: Report
To provide community input on data quality issues and enhance data quality through sharing and testing of scripts. Summary of activities: The Data Quality workgroup has worked to address Data Quality issues through the… read more -
Outbreak Report: Opioid-Related Overdose - Huntington, West Virginia, August 2016
Content Type: Report
This report, published January 27, 2017 by the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services with the West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, is an outbreak report developed in response to an opioid-related overdose incident that… read more -
Executive Summary of the ISDS DTRA Consultancy Project 2014-2017
Content Type: Report
The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) fills the need for a practical forum and coordinating mechanism for collaboration among subject matter experts (SMEs) from stakeholder groups that may normally not interact but who, when… read more -
Exploring Research Opportunities Among the U.S. Census Bureau and Health Information Exchanges
Content Type: Report
On April 20, 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau hosted a meeting with approximately 20 representatives from the health data community. Attendees included representatives from health information exchanges (HIEs), state and local public health departments,… read more -
Proposed ICD–10–CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Content Type: Report
National Health Statistics Reports, Number 100, January 23, 2017. Abstract This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to… read more -
The Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM: Guidance for Analysis and Reporting of Injuries by Mechanism and Intent
Content Type: Report
A report of the Injury Surveillance Workgroup Region 9, Safe States Alliance, December 2016. Executive Summary Impetus for this report: On October 1, 2015 in the United States, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM for… read more -
A Funding Crisis for Public Health and Safety: State-by-State and Federal Public Health Funding Facts and Recommendations 2018
Content Type: Report
Each year, Trust for America’s Health releases A Funding Crisis for Public Health and Safety: State-by-State and Federal Public Health Funding Facts and Recommendations to examine level of federal and state public health funding that each… read more -
Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 1
Content Type: Report
Surveillance professionals from six states and one local public health agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 1 planned and attended the 2-day Workshop. Workshop attendees elected to explore how data sharing can… read more