Enhanced Surveillance during the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, NC

Authors

  • Lana Deyneka North Carolina Division of Public Health
  • Amy Ising University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Meichun Li University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4573

Abstract

North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance system, NC DETECT, was enhanced to provide streamlined surveillance during the Democratic National Convention. New dashboards were created that allowed epidemiologists to monitor ED visits and calls to the poison center in the Charlotte area, the greater Cities Readiness Initiative region and the entire state for infectious disease signs and symptoms, injuries and any mention of bioterrorism agents.

Author Biography

Lana Deyneka, North Carolina Division of Public Health

Lana Deyneka, MD, MPH, is a Public Health Epidemiologist, Program Manager with the Communicable Disease Branch, Epidemiology Section, Division of Public Health. At the present time she serves as the State Enhanced Surveillance and Hospital Based Public Health Epidemiologist Programs Director. She received her medical degree at Kharkov Medical University Kharkov, Ukraine and her Masters in Public Health degree at USC School of Public Health Columbia, SC From 1984-1992 she was working as a pulmonologist, and later as a department chief at the Kharkov Regional Tuberculosis Hospital, Ukraine. After moving to US, she began to work in a public health field (HIV/AIDS program in DHEC, Columbia, SC; Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention program, NC DPH, and Communicable Disease Surveillance, NC DPH).

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Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Deyneka, L., Ising, A., & Li, M. (2013). Enhanced Surveillance during the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, NC. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4573

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Poster Presentations