“Notes from the April 22nd BUG call are attached below. Please note that our next call will be Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 3pm-4:30pm EDT. There will be no meeting in May. ISDS_BioSense_User_Group_Notes_04222014.pdf”
Apr 23
“If anyone is interested in helping draft a metadata tool for BioSense data let me know. We are going to try to have a phone call on Friday (4/11/14) at 2PM eastern to discuss. Look for an email from ISDS or email me directly (mrennick (at)…”
Apr 8
“Notes from the March 25th BUG meeting are attached. We will try to update these with the missing details once they are available. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! ISDS_BioSense_User_Group_Notes_03252014.pdf”
Mar 28
“For North Dakota: Sharing aggregate data with CDC–No concerns about this. We haven’t yet because we are still working on onboarding facilities, understanding the system, and quality checking our data; however, once this is done we intend…”
Mar 25
“At this time, no, you can’t select (or mask) specific variables. I think we could get into a problem with sharing proprietary facility level data.”
Mar 25
“Umed just mentioned on the BUG call that they would be coming up with uses for line level data. I think it would be prudent to present data owners with those potential uses before asking for the data. How will line level data benefit the CDC’s…”
Mar 25
“Hello ISDS Community, Some of us have worked on putting together a script that returns data quality metrics from your BioSense lockers’ data (raw and binned) as an HTML file. A few of us have carried out testing and validation on it and as far…”
Mar 25
“Answering Richard Hopkins’ questions for (NJ): (1) Do you have concerns about sharing your aggregate syndromic surveillance data with CDC through the BS 2.0 application? NO (2) If not, have you already done so? If so, have these…”
Mar 24
“Do the tools in BS allow administrators to specify which data elements are to be shared, and with whom? Or can you only specify whether you want to share aggregate vs. line-level, where line-level covers any data elements captured by that…”
Mar 24
“Richard – I don’t imagine there will be a lot of line-level data sharing without DUAs that specifically address under what conditions that data will be shared, what will be shared, how it will be used, and who will have access to it. I…”
Mar 23
“Joe, a question prompted by your clarifications: since BS 2.0 already has a (somewhat clunky) facility for a jurisdiction to share a line-level data file with another jurisdiction, without any provision for a separate DUA, what is prompting…”
Mar 21
“To focus the discussion somewhat, please consider whether the items below prompt comments. This isn’t a survey, just some points you might address. (1) Do you have concerns about sharing your aggregate syndromic surveillance data with CDC…”
Mar 20
“The CDC’s proposed DUA does not alter the ASTHO DUA: Some folks thought this proposed DUA from the CDC was to replace the DUA jurisdictions have with ASTHO, to get access to and use the BioSense platform. That DUA jurisdictions have with…”
Mar 20
“One question I have is whether a jurisdiction would be able to turn on a switch that enables sharing of the data with CDC when the need arises, and thereby specify which data elements and periods to share, or whether that switch would always be…”
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