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Syndromic Surveillance for Arboviral Diseases in Arizona
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… of viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika due to an abundance of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in many … of viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika due to an abundance of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in many … of viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika due to an abundance of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in many … -
Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document
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… such as droughts and increased wildfire activity due to decades of warmer temperatures [Joyce 2014]. As part … may update individual visit data, providing discharge (i.e., post-visit) diagnosis codes (i.e., diagnosis or external cause codes). Analysis of … -
Identifying Persons Who Inject Drugs in Medical Examiner Data in Maricopa County, AZ
Content Type: Abstract
The rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States has increased steadily since 2000. Injection drug use, a practice associated with infectious disease transmission, has likely increased along with this upward trend in drug overdoses. Injection… read more… and to describe the characteristics of decedents who died from a drug overdose, were investigated by the county's … and to describe the characteristics of decedents who died from a drug overdose, were investigated by the county's … -
Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document
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… A syndrome definition is comprised of one or all of the following components: 1. Discharge diagnosis … visits and negations to limit false positives. We queried all historical chief complaints in their original form, … Consider which fields may be useful and the pros and cons of each. Being familiar with your data and knowing what … -
Impact of the NSSP’s transition to ESSENCE on chief complaint field-based syndromes
Content Type: Abstract
In January 2017, the NSSP transitioned their BioSense analytical tools to Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a concatenation of the record's… read more… ESSENCE chief complaint field was electronically parsed (i.e., the original chief complaint text was altered to … ESSENCE chief complaint field was electronically parsed (i.e., the original chief complaint text was altered to … -
Heat-related Illness - CSTE Heat Workgroup
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… making the query more specific. The workgroup reviewed all of the terms in the master list, and considered the most … related to 992 ICD9 code) E900.1; E9001 (Accidents due to excessive heat of man-made origin) ICD-10-CM …