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  • Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness

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    To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.
    … joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting … Document Combining_Laboratory_Test_Orders_And_Outpatient_Visits_To_Monitor_Respiratory_Illness.pdf 3 views Submitted … Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness Cara H. Olsen, MS, …
  • User Experience of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Respiratory Disease Dashboard

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    Lessons learned from the 2009 influenza pandemic have driven many changes in the standards and practices of respiratory disease surveillance worldwide. In response to the needs for timely information sharing of emerging respiratory pathogens (1),… read more
    … data into the RDD, encompassing specimens from sentinel sites in eleven countries: Cambodia, Colombia, Kenya, … data into the RDD, encompassing specimens from sentinel sites in eleven countries: Cambodia, Colombia, Kenya, …
  • Use of Electronic Health Records to Determine the Impact of Ebola Screening

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    Since the largest epidemic of Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) in recorded history began in Guinea in December 2013, the epidemic has spread to neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone resulting in an estimation of over 27,000 total cases… read more
    … considerable number of beneficiaries who travel to WA to visit friends and relatives placing them at risk for … considerable number of beneficiaries who travel to WA to visit friends and relatives placing them at risk for …
  • Survey of Pre-Clinical Behavior – What Do People Do When They Get Sick?

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    The impetus for the development of many first syndromic surveillance systems was the hope of detecting infectious disease outbreaks earlier than with traditional surveillance. Various data sources have been suggested as potential… read more
    … medications, missing school or work, and using health care call centers or the internet to obtain health … define the prodromal behavior of patients presenting for care of acute illnesses, we initiated a pilot survey in the emergency room and acute care clinics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.   Objective …
  • Monitoring Influenza Activity Using the BioSense System, 2003-2005

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    One of the standard approaches to public health surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like illness (%ILI; fever plus cough or sore throat). The BioSense System currently… read more
    … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza- like … was one week before or after the seasonal increase in ILI visits to sentinel physicians. Data were analyzed for the …
  • Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health

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    Effective public health response to emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, and bioterrorism requires access to real-time, accurate information on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance… read more
    … Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health Cara H. Olsen, MS, MPH1, J.D. Malone, MD, MPH1, Shilpa … outpatient microbiology laboratory tests and outpatient visits to 166 MTFs were obtained for No- vember 2, 2002 - … Practice patterns and laboratory test/outpatient visit associations vary by region, so monitoring may be most …
  • Use of Severity Indicators in a Public Health Surveillance System

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    Data streams related to case severity have been added to the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a disease-monitoring application used by the Department of Defense (DoD), as an additional… read more
    … derived indicators: Sick-in-Quarters (SIQ) and Escalating Care. Objective To evaluate new severity indicators that … derived indicators: Sick-in-Quarters (SIQ) and Escalating Care. Objective To evaluate new severity indicators that …
  • Development of an Introductory Continuing Medical Education Program for Public Health Professionals and Clinicians in Syndromic Surveillance

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    58 medical licensure boards require between 12 and 50 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for re-licensure of physicians. 28 states as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands, require… read more
    … conference are collaborating with ISDS and Tufts Health Care Institute for development of the online CME and its …