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Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more -
Virtual public health informatics training: development and delivery of an online public health informatics course
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Public health informatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses information technology and informatics methods to meet public health goals. To achieve these goals, education and training of a new generation of public health informaticians… read more -
Weighted non-connectivity for detection of irregular clusters
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Heuristics to detect irregularly shaped spatial clusters were reviewed recently. The spatial scan statistic is a widely used measure of the strength of clusters. However, other measures may also be useful, such as the geometric compactness… read more -
Where are the data? Accuracy of automated EHR reporting
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Over 300 independent practices transmit monthly quality reports to a data warehouse using an automated process to summarize patient information into quality measures. All practices have implemented an EHR that captures clinical information to be… read more -
Odisha State’s Malaria Reduction Success – Role of Information for Action
Content Type: Presentation Slides
Presentation identifies the Odisha State in eastern coastal India as a region in the country and world with exceptionally high rates of malaria infection. Odisha, which represents 3% of India’s population was… read more -
Malaria: A New Model for Disease Eradication
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Defines the current state of impact of malaria. positioning the disease as leading cause of death by disease worldwide. In last 12 years, seven million lives have been saved with a reduction of 60% in fatalities.… read more -
Polio Endgame: Innovations in Surveillance
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Background: Provides a definition of eradication and of the disease: that it affects mostly children, results in paralysis in some cases and is preventable through vaccination. The disease is nearly eradicated, but remains in three… read more -
Overdose Surveillance (ODS) Subcommittee Calls
Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes
2020- May 2020 (Topic: Secondary Outcomes of COVID-19: Mental Health, Substance Use, and Injury) - Recording,…