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  • Content Type: Report

    In general, data from public health surveillance can be used for short- and long-term planning and response through retrospective data analysis of trends over time or specific events. Combining health outcome data (e.g., hospitalizations or deaths)… read more
    … surveillance system administrators and epidemiologists may work together to develop syndromes for climate and … 26 Integrating environmental data into syndromic … Health and Human Services. Raleigh, NC Burkom HS, Elbert Y, Feldman A, Lin J. Role of data aggregation in …
  • Content Type: References

    This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more
    … Resources ICD-10 codes: http://www.icd10data.com ICD -9 codes: http://www.icd9data.com SNOMED: http://browser.ihtsdotools.org/ ISDS Knowledge … MBC Veterinary Research 2010;6:56. http://www.icd10data.com/ http://www.icd9data.com/ …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    This definition is based the following document created by the CSTE Heat Workgroup: Heat-related Illness Syndrome Query: A guidance Document for Implementing Heat-related Illness Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice (attached). The query… read more
    … way to check a syndrome query’s accuracy is to compare ED visits identified by the query with the final diagnosis … PPV, syndromes may have a similar temporal pattern to visits observed in hospital discharge data. [6] The PPV of a … 7 to the nature of categorizing ED complaint data, these visits likely will not represent all potential cases of HRI, …
  • Content Type: Success Stories

    Arizona reports an average of 116 cases of West Nile virus (WNV) each year, and in 2015, Arizona saw a reemergence of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus. In addition, Arizona is at risk for importation of viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and… read more
    … cases are investigated, and low-priority cases may be investigated as resources allow. Investigators are … that case was already reported, and public health actions may be taken. If the record is not identified, investigators … This case illustrates that arboviral disease records may be identifiable in the syndromic surveillance data …