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Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health
Content Type: Abstract
Community health assessments are a foundation of public health practice and a prerequisite to achieving public health accreditation. Best practice dictates that CHAs must incorporate qualitative and quantitative data and utilize a number of… read more… a detailed picture of a community’s health. Metrics may describe demographics, social and economic factors, … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … entities will become standard. Analysis of emergency room visit data, either in aggregate or by specific syndromes, … -
Utility of Syndromic Surveillance in Detecting Potential Human Exposures to Rabies
Content Type: Abstract
Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) can prevent fatal encephalitis associated with exposure to the rabies virus. However, overuse and inappropriate administration of rabies PEP are common.1 Mandatory reporting of potential rabies exposures… read more… active surveillance in addition to mandatory reporting may be useful.2 As rabies PEP is often given in an emergency … department setting, syndromic surveillance records may provide a basis for estimating completeness of reporting … active surveillance in addition to mandatory reporting may be useful.2 As rabies PEP is often given in an emergency … -
Comparison of National and Local Syndromic Surveillance Data - Cook County, IL, 2017
Content Type: Abstract
In 2005, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) began using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as an emergency department (ED)-based local syndromic surveillance program… read more… flat files) and contain a unique patient identifier, visit date and time, zip code, age, sex, and chief … flat files) and contain a unique patient identifier, visit date and time, zip code, age, sex, and chief … -
Place Matters: Revealing Infectious Disease Disparities Using Area-Based Poverty
Content Type: Abstract
Most public health surveillance systems in the United States do not capture individual-level measures of socioeconomic position. Without this information, socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes can be hidden. However, US Census data can be… read more… of personal characteristics. Thus, important trends may be elucidated by linking geocoded public health … of personal characteristics. Thus, important trends may be elucidated by linking geocoded public health … -
Using Online Applications with R to Share Surveillance Data
Content Type: Success Stories
Since 2009, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has created and disseminated weekly surveillance reports to share seasonal influenza data with the community and our healthcare partners. Surveillance data is formatted into tables and… read more… application is available on Github here: https://github.com/kb230557/Flu_Shiny_App . We would encourage others to … Since Week 35, 0 influenza-associated pediatric deaths, 26 clusters of ILI in schools, and 28 influenza outbreaks in … 50-64 11.49 South 14.20 65+ 65.87 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 35 36 37 … -
Using R Shiny to Share Surveillance Data
Content Type: Webinar
Presented November 21, 2017. This presentation covers how the shiny package can complement traditional surveillance reporting through online, interactive applications. Kelley demonstrates a shiny application Cook County is currently… read more… of the code available on Github here: https://github.com/kb230557/Flu_Shiny_App . Document R Group_Shiny … complete apps and shiny widgets at https://shiny.rstudio.com/gallery/ Watch the shiny video tutorials at … for it on the ui Cook County Department of Public Health 26 inputId and outputId Image Credit: National …