Surveillance / Informatics II - Use of SaTScan to Detect Disease Clusters

Monday, June 20, 2016: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Tikahtnu C&F (Dena'ina Convention Center)
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SaTScan is a free software that analyzes spatial, temporal, and space-time data using spatial, temporal, or space-time scan statistics. This panel describes where users can get more information about SaTScan and highlights recent improvements to the software. A local health department representative will describe how its daily, automated reportable disease spatio-temporal cluster detection system using SaTScan was the first to detect several notable outbreaks, including the second largest U.S. outbreak of community-acquired legionellosis (South Bronx, July 2015). Results and challenges in maintaining such a system will be presented. A live demonstration will show how to detect disease clusters using the prospective space-time permutation scan statistic.

4:00 PM
Introduction to Panel: Use of SaTScan to Detect Disease Clusters
Sharon K. Greene, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
sgreene4@health.nyc.gov

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4:45 PM
A Demonstration of the Use of SaTScan to Identify Spatio-Temporal Clusters of Salmonellosis
Thomas O. Talbot, New York State Department of Health
tot01@health.state.ny.us

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