Use Cases and Success Stories (NEW)
Texas Syndromic Surveillance (TxS2) is the statewide syndromic surveillance system for Texas.
DSHS staff, LHD staff, and hospital infection preventionists use TxS2. We share the experience of these partners to show the importance of syndromic surveillance. The syndromic surveillance success stories below show this impact.
DSHS wants to highlight syndromic surveillance use cases for day-to-day surveillance and for unexpected events such as hurricanes or disease outbreaks. New use cases will be added as they become available.
Please contact DSHS at syndromic.surveillance@dshs.texas.gov if you have questions or you would like to share your syndromic surveillance success story.
Syndromic Surveillance Activities
- Emergency Room Visits for Respiratory Illness Surveillance
- DSHS Public Health Region 7 – Cold Weather-Related Illness/Injury Surveillance
- DSHS Public Health Region 7 - Heat-Related Illness Surveillance
- COVID-19-Like Illness in Texas Syndromic Surveillance Systems
- 2022 Syndromic Surveillance Sickle Cell Report
- 2020 Sickle Cell Task Force Report
- Houston Health Department - Influenza Surveillance
- Tarrant County Public Health – Total Eclipse Surveillance
Syndromic Surveillance Success Stories
- Syndromic Surveillance for Occupational Health Surveillance Guidance Document and Examples
- Houston Health Department - Hurricane Harvey
- DSHS Public Health Region 2/3 and Tarrant County Public Health - Hurricane Harvey
- DSHS PHR 11 - Close Contact Investigation to a Neisseria meningitidis case
Syndromic Surveillance Posters
- PHR 6/5S
- PHR 8
- PHR 9/10
- Austin Public Health – Hurricane Harvey
- Austin Public Health – Austin Boil Water Notice
- Austin Public Health – Key Word Surveillance
- Tarrant County Public Health
Syndromic Surveillance Use Cases
Uses cases will be added when they are available.