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Integrating medical examiner data in Utah
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The Office of the Medical Examiner (OME) is a statewide system for investigation of sudden and unexpected death in Utah. OME, in the Utah Department of Health (UDOH), certified over 2000 of the 13,920 deaths in Utah in 2008. … read more -
Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals
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The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system (CWS) detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system. The… read more -
Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks
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Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little… read more -
Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
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Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more -
Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?
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A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to … read more -
Improving quality and interoperability of public health messaging guides: CDC messaging quality framework (MQF)
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The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing messages may resolve… read more -
Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma
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Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more -
Integrating Medical Examiner Data in Utah
Content Type: Abstract
The Office of the Medical Examiner (OME) is a statewide system for investigation of sudden and unexpected death in Utah. OME, in the Utah Department of Health (UDOH), certified over 2000 of the 13,920 deaths in Utah in 2008. Information from OME… read more