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  • Building a Community of Practice

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented September 27, 2018. This presentation offers practical tips on how to create a successful and sustainable community of practice. Presenter Deborah W. Gould, PhD., Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance,… read more
    … assistance • Enhanced network of colleagues • Published documents/tools from collaborative efforts • Sense of …  What are the external resources (people, publications, guidance documents, etc.) that will support knowledge sharing among …
  • Real-time surveillance of influenza/pneumonia deaths: new strategies using grid computing and natural language processing

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia using death records has the potential to be a relatively inexpensive and quick approach to tracking and detecting influenza and respiratory illness outbreaks; however, presently such a system… read more
    … for Disease Control and Prevention. Death Certificate (document on the Internet). Center for Disease Control and …
  • Public Health Data and the Law

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation addresses the legal principles framing the collection, use, and release of health data for public health activities, including issues such as privacy, confidentiality, HIPAA, and data use agreements. Presenter… read more
    … 45 CFR 164.512(b) De-identified Health Information  Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of … and Human Services & US Department of Education’s Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights …
  • A Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    This abstract describes a suite of software utilities that have been developed for systematically evaluating the detection performance and robustness of univariate temporal alerting algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems.
    … strengths and weaknesses prior to implementation. [This document was prepared under a grant from the Office of State … Security. Points of view or opinions ex- pressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in the State of Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance utilizes health-related symptom data to monitor disease outbreaks. Its’ potential for prompt detection of disease outbreaks and strengthening of rapid public health response is anticipated. As a result, syndromic surveillance… read more
    … inter- connection are identified. Lack of standards and guidance is a major concern. CONCLUSIONS There are urgent … of, sustainability and continued funding for, technical guidance for further improvement and local operation of …
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis – Surveillance updates and CDC activities, 2018

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented December 20, 2018. The presentation will provide a summary of the epidemiology of AFM during the increase in cases in 2018 and updates on CDC’s AFM activities. Presenters Adriana Lopez, MHS,… read more
    … Department of Health and Environment (Sourced from NCIRD guidance) … significantly § Multiple age cutoffs were tried. NCIRD guidance suggests 18 years as the best cutoff. CCDD Category …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 3

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 3 on June 9-10, 2015 at the offices of the District of Columbia Department of Health. This was the eighth workshop in a series, with… read more
    … in identifying their learning needs and methods with guidance by a facilitator. Using a limited emergency … condition of interest. Participants then identify and document their perceived benefits and barriers to SyS data … classifiers – develop a template or common language to document classifiers • Look at best practices – develop data …
  • Use of Cell-Phones to Strengthen Malaria Surveillance-Response Systems of Bangka/Belitung, Indonesia - A proposal

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2030 in 4 stages (Wismarini, 2009. To reach the elimination phase High Case Incidence (HCI) areas go through a pre-elimination phase. The aim of the proposed project is to support one of… read more
    … and GMU Medical School staff in workshops and technical guidance; (3) engage malaria program managers of the Dis- …