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  • The validity of emergency department influenza-like-illness (ILI) for laboratory-confirmed influenza in children

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    Syndromic surveillance systems use electronic health-related data to support near-real time disease surveillance. Over the last 10 years, the use of ILI syndromes defined from emergency department (ED) data has become an increasingly accepted… read more
    … 2003�04 influenza season, which had relatively less co-circula- tion of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) com- pared to most years, and (2) the ‘‘concomitant’’ … seasons (excluding 2003�04), when influenza and RSV co-circulation was high. Analyses during the concomitant …
  • Classification of Emergency Department Syndromic Data for Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

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    We evaluated several classifications of emergency department (ED) syndromic data to ascertain best syndrome classifications for ILI.
    … and excluded one hospital that did not provide ED chief com- plaints. The weekly number of positive viral cultures …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

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    For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more
    … be monitored, they typically use data that are routinely col- lected and stored electronically and automate the … in public health. The FIPs can serve as the basis for a “con- cept of operations,” clarifying what information is … surveillance data for infl uenza surveillance (see http://www. syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm). Second, public …
  • In data we trust? An evaluation of the quality of influenza hospital admissions data gathered by automated versus manual reporting

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    The Washington Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS) has collected discharge data from billing systems for every inpatient admitted to every hospital in the state since 1987 [1]. The purpose of the system is to provide data for… read more
    … 1. Center for Health Statistics Hospital Data. http://www.doh. wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm Accessed July 8, … of seasonal flu. Adv Dis Surveill. 2008;5: 161. http://www.isdsjournal.org/articles/3202.pdf. Acc- essed August 1, … 2011, 4: 11019 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11019 http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

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    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 37 this may need to be balanced with … Health Threats Journal DK Richardson et al. 2011, 4:s51 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 38 …
  • Monitoring Staphylococcus Infection Trends with Biosurveillance Data

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    Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI). Until recently, S. aureus pneumonia has been considered primarily a nosocomial infection, and was reported… read more
    … December 2006--January 2007. MMWR 2007;56;325-329. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5614a1.htm. Accessed … Associated with Influenza. epiTRENDS 2008;13(3). http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/epitrends/08-epitrends/08-03- …
  • How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu

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    We sought to evaluate the validity of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations (PI) data gathered by our biosurveillance system.
    … [1] Center for Health Statistics Hospital Data. http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm Accessed July 8, …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective

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    We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.
    … particularly respiratory syncytial virus, commonly co-circulate with influenza, the specificity of syn- dromic …