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Louisiana Takes Action Against Drug Abuse by Sharing Syndromic Data
Content Type: Success Stories
Louisiana, like other states, grapples with widespread drug abuse. CDC’s DrugOverdose Death Data show Louisiana had a statistically significant 14.7% increase in its drug overdose death rate from 2015–2016. As early as 2013, the Louisiana Office of… read more -
What’s the Buzz About Arboviral Disease Syndromic Surveillance?
Content Type: Abstract
The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief… read more -
Comparison of Three Critical Syndrome Classifications: Louisiana vs. BioSense
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). IDEpi has the capability to define and… read more -
Validation of Emergency Department and Outpatient Data Using ILI syndrome classifiers
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health conducts ED syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). Using outpatient data for syndromic surveillance is a relatively new concept, brought about due to the increasing use… read more -
Investigating Other Syndrome in ESSENCE from a Data Quality Perspective
Content Type: Abstract
The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data… read more