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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 -
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 -
Oregon ESSENCE: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance
Content Type: Report
Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient symptoms using… read more -
Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 10
Content Type: Report
The HHS Region 10 workshop engaged nine participants from state and local public health departments in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with experience in syndromic surveillance that ranged from less than 1 year to over 10 years. Representatives from… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document
Content Type: Report
In general, data from public health surveillance can be used for short- and long-term planning and response through retrospective data analysis of trends over time or specific events. Combining health outcome data (e.g., hospitalizations or deaths)… read more -
Improving Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening Biosurveillance Systems for Enhanced Situational Awareness
Content Type: Report
This report is designed to aid state, territorial, tribal, and local public health leaders as they improve their capacity to achieve situational awareness during a public health emergency. We intend this report to serve as a concise reference work… read more -
Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS) Vendor Analysis
Content Type: Report
Public health agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent funding challenges. The purpose of this analysis is to help state and local… read more -
Notes on MU Stage 3 NPRM Informatics
Content Type: Report
Notes on Meaningful Use stage 3 Notice of Public Rule Making, provided by Bryant Thomas Karras