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Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health
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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… 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, … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … -
Using Syndromic Surveillance to Quantify ED Visits for Coagulopathy Cases
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In March 2018, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) was informed of a cluster of coagulopathy cases linked to SC use. By June 30, 2018, 172 cases were reported, including five deaths, where 74% were male and the mean age was 35.3 years (… read more… healthcare facility utilization, including number of ED visits. Syndromic surveillance was utilized to monitor ED visits related to the cluster, assist with case finding and … healthcare facility utilization, including number of ED visits. Syndromic surveillance was utilized to monitor ED … -
ED visits for AMI, Stroke, ACS & COPD after the Statewide Smoking Ban in Cook Co., IL
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Tobacco use is the leading global cause of preventable death, killing more than five million people per year. In addition, exposure to secondhand smoke is estimated to kill an additional 600,000 people globally each year. In 1986, the US Surgeon… read more… the effect of the comprehensive smoking ban in IL on ED visits by utilizing chronic disease categories created with … smoking ban in IL significantly reduced the ED visits associated with AMI, ACS, stroke, and COPD in adults … chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) related ED visits in adults in Cook County, IL. 3 views Submitted by … -
An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in Northern Illinois
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Comparison of heat-related health effects across regions or among different syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. While a national standard for common heat-related syndromes… read more… An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in …