Title: Third Annual Conference on Syndromic Surveillance

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Section/SPIG: Epidemiology

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The third annual Syndromic Surveillance Conference, to be held Nov. 3-4, 2004, in Boston, provides health care professionals an opportunity to learn the most current trends in syndromic surveillance. Key issues to be addressed include: innovative uses of syndromic surveillance data; aberration detection methods; evaluation methods and metrics; public health practice; standards and privacy issues. Last year’s conference attracted nearly 500 public and private health officials throughout the country. The conference program committee is co-chaired by senior staff of the New York Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene and the U.S. Dept. of Defense Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. More information is available at <www.syndromic.org>.