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A Survey of Usage and Response Protocols of Syndromic Surveillance Systems by State Public Health Departments in the United States
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Within the syndromic surveillance literature there are acknowledged gaps with respect to penetration of syndromic surveillance systems and standard or promising practices for response. The lack of adequate data and evidence-based… read more… and standard or promising practices for response. The lack of adequate data and evidence-based policy … standard or pro- mising practices for response [1]. The lack of ade- quate data and evidence-based policy … we coded short answer responses and participant com- ments to identify common themes related to experi- … -
A Simple Method of Using Linked Health Data in Syndromic Surveillance
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This paper describes a simple technique for utilizing linked health information in syndromic surveillance. Using knowledge of which patient encounters resulted in laboratory test requests and prescriptions may improve sensitivity and specificity of… read more… streams (emergency department chief complaints, clinic visit International Classification of Disease Ninth Revi- … who were assigned certain ICD9 codes during an office visit also received specific laboratory requests and … of linked lab requests and prescriptions filled for each visit. This tally ranged from zero to greater than 9 and was … -
The Development of Virtual Data for Syndromic Surveillance Exercises
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On 27 April 2005, a simulated bioterrorist event—the aerosolized release of Francisella tularensis in the men’s room of luxury box seats at a sports stadium—was used to exercise the disease surveillance capability of the National Capital Region (NCR… read more… scenario realism. RESULTS A total of 2,623,226 background visit records were generated for the exercise. The … between 4/5- 5/3/05. Those infected generated 3050 ED visit re- cords, 106 military office visit records, and 2627 sales of OTC medication at 23 …