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Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Federal Holidays, Miami-Dade 2007-2010
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People usually celebrate holidays by inviting family and friends to have food at home, or by gathering and eating at restaurants or in other public venues. This increased exposure to food with a common source can create conditions for outbreaks of… read more… will be the purpose of forthcoming research. Instead, ED visits with gastrointestinal symptoms are used to leverage … Objective To quantify Emergency Department (ED) visits with gastrointestinal symptoms during Federal … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Socio-Demographic and Temporal Patterns of Emergency Department Patients Who Do Not Reside in Miami-Dade County, 2007
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Visitors from areas outside Miami-Dade County have the potential to introduce diseases and/or strains of microorganisms circulating in their regions of residence. Immunocompromised and immunonaive travelers are at higher risk of… read more… patients who reside outside Miami-Dade and who visited EDs of hospitals located in this County during 2007. … of patients who reside outside Miami-Dade and who visited Emergency Departments (EDs) of hospitals located in … public health tool. METHODS All ED patients who visited each of the 14 hospitals of Miami-Dade County that … -
Using Discharge Diagnoses for Early Notification of Reportable Diseases in Georgia
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The Georgia DPH has used its State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) Syndromic Surveillance (SS) module to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia for… read more… to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia … to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia … -
Using Syndromic Surveillance Alert Protocols for Epidemiologic Response in Georgia
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DPH uses its State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) Syndromic Surveillance (SS) Module to collect, analyze and display results of emergency department patient chief complaint data from hospitals throughout Georgia.… read more… review by District Epidemiologists (DEs) to events that may warrant a public health response (1). Submitted by Magou … review by District Epidemiologists (DEs) to events that may warrant a public health response (1). … Using Syndromic … -
Improving Timeliness of Georgia Emergency Room Data
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Timeliness of emergency room (ER) data is arguably its strongest attribute in terms of its contribution to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. There are a number of studies that… read more… to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. … to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. …