NSSP Update – October 2020
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A Technical Newsletter for the NSSP Community of Practice | October 2020
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program issues NSSP Update monthly to share the latest Community of Practice activities, technical and program updates, and ways in which syndromic surveillance is improving public health.
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MMWR
Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, May–August 2020
This article combines syndromic surveillance data from emergency departments, laboratory results, and case data for insight into how the pandemic shifted toward younger age groups. Read more.
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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EID) DISPATCH
Assessing 3 Outbreak Detection Algorithms in an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System in a Resource-Limited Setting
Authors evaluate performance of X-bar chart, exponentially weighted moving average, and C3 cumulative sums aberration detection algorithms for acute diarrheal disease syndromic surveillance at naval sites in Peru during 2007–2011. Read more.
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COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Join a NEW Workgroup ▪ Report Describes How to Improve Data Quality of Electronic Health Records ▪ Register for 2020 Syndromic Surveillance Symposium (Nov 17–19)
Learn what each subcommittee does to advance syndromic surveillance practice, what’s been added to the Knowledge Repository, and more updates.
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TECHNICAL UPDATES
NSSP Adds Lab Keywords for COVID-19 ▪ Fall 2020 Onboarding Begins ▪ Updates to Access & Management Center Successfully Deployed
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DATA QUALITY CORNER
NSSP Introduces New Data Quality Filters
The NSSP team’s work with state partners has produced filters that reduce the effect of changes in data quality across syndromic trends. Read more.
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Monthly National-level Free-text ESSENCE Queries
Analysts can exercise a high level of customization by using free-text queries. They can quickly code free-text queries and rapidly respond to outbreaks, disasters, and health events that unfold. These word clouds capture free-text queries from a national perspective.
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NSSP Participation Map and Coverage
NSSP data covers about 73% of all emergency department visits in the United States. Updates are published quarterly.
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October 16 | Data Quality Subcommittee Call (Monthly): 12:00–1:00 PM ET |
October 20 | NSSP vendor patches in Testing and Development environments: 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
October 20 |
NSSP Community of Practice Call (Monthly): 3:00–4:30 PM ET |
October 22 | NSSP vendor patches in Onboarding and Production environments: 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
November 4 | Syndrome Definition Subcommittee Call (Monthly): 1:00–2:00 PM ET |
November 6 |
Syndromic Surveillance and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Subcommittee Call (Monthly): 2:00–2:45 PM ET |
November 9 | NSSP CoP Core Committee Call (Monthly): 1:00–2:30 PM ET |
November 13 | Data Quality Subcommittee Call (Monthly): 12:00–1:00 PM ET |
November 17 |
NSSP Community of Practice Call (Monthly): 3:00–4:30 PM ET |
View more calendar details at the NSSP Community of Practice.