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  • Firearm Injury - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared by the community of practice in this forum post: https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1452124 This syndrome… read more
    … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared … to capture acute GSW emergency department and inpatient visits The syndrome is developed in NSSP ESSENCE using Chief … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared …
  • Homeless Population - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge diagnosis fields. The Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits.
    … Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits. ^[;/ ]Z59[0189]^,OR,^[;/ ]Z59.[0189]^,OR,^[;/ … Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits. …
  • Injection Drug Use - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture Opioid, Cocaine and Meth Injection Drug Use hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and evaluated on Maricopa County emergency department and inpatient data. Fields used in ESSENCE include… read more
    … Opioid, Cocaine and Meth Injection Drug Use hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and … Opioid, Cocaine and Meth Injection Drug Use hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and …
  • 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
    … surveillance system administrators and epidemiologists may work together to develop syndromes for climate and … by providing a general instruction on how a jurisdiction may use their syndromic surveillance systems for climate and … 2009, Schulte 2009; Crimmins 2016]. Adverse outcomes may also arise from climate change adaptation and mitigation …
  • Evaluation of an arboviral syndrome query used in Maricopa County, Arizona

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timely identification of arboviral disease is key to prevent transmission in the community, but traditional surveillance may take up to 14 days between specimen collection and health department notification. Arizona state and county health agencies… read more
    … in the community, but traditional surveillance may take up to 14 days between specimen collection and … in the community, but traditional surveillance may take up to 14 days between specimen collection and …
  • 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
    … 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/ …
  • 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
    … 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, …
  • 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
    … 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 …