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Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… in 4 scenarios: an outbreak of gastrointestinal ill- ness due to E. coli originating in Buffalo, New York; an outbreak … ISDS Wiki is publicly accessible. In addition, ISDS is de- veloping a registry of SS systems, with a goal of … -
SDOH Integration into Syndromic Surveillance and Emergency Response Systems
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Presented December 6, 2016 Dr. Kieran Moore and Dr. Paul Belanger presented the following slides during the 2016 ISDS Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation provides an overview of integrating Social Determinates of… read more… - MOORE & BELANGER 2016.pdf Submitted by elamb on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 18:46 … been repeatedly shown to discriminate health outcomes • All DAs in Canada have been scored Social Determinants Lens … Distribution of Expenses across Health Care Types for Top 10% High Cost Users, South East LHIN, 2010/11 Source: … -
Emergency Syndromic Surveillance: Adapting Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) for Public Health in Canada
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In September 2004, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health began a 2-year pilot project to develop and evaluate an Emergency Department Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry… read more… Agency of Canada, Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. At this time, the University of Pittsburgh’s … Canada (PHAC), Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH). At this time, the University of … Detection Methods with Simulated Data. Emerg Inf Dis. Vol. 11, No. 2, February 2005. [3] Wong, WK et al. … -
Multi-Sectored Approach to Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System
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In September 2004, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health began a 2-year pilot project to develop and evaluate an Emergency Department Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry… read more… Agency of Canada, Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. At this time, the University of Pittsburgh’s … Canada (PHAC), Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH). At this time, the University of … Agency of Canada, Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. At this time, the University of Pittsburgh’s … -
Ontario's Telehealth: A Novel Snydromic Surveillance System
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The Ontario Telehealth Telephone Helpline (henceforth referred to as “Telehealth”) was implemented in Ontario in 2001. It is administered by Clinidata, a private contractor hired by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care,… read more… that use identical decision rules (algorithms) and store all call information into one centralized data repository. … that use identical decision rules (algorithms) and store all call information into one centralized data repository. … (41.9%), followed by “self care” (31.1%); • The top three most commonly assigned algorithms were vomiting … -
Chart Review of Laboratory-Confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis Cases in a Local Food Borne Outbreak Linked to Mung Bean Sprouts
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A retrospective chart review was performed to examine chief complaint, syndrome classification and discharge diagnoses of laboratory confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 13 cases who visited the Emergency Departments (ED) of two local… read more… cause of the provincial outbreak. METHODS Chart Review: All hospital charts were reviewed for laboratory confirmed … modified gastroenteritis or GI syndrome. RESULTS Of the 26 cases reported to public health in KFL&A, 10 patients … the ED for medical assessment and two were hospitalized due to severity of illness. Nine out of ten cases (90%) were … -
Emergency Department Surveillance of Alcohol-Related Violence and Injuries to Enable Event Monitoring and Management
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Syndromic surveillance has been used been used as method of surveillance for various events in recent years. For example, post September 11th, 2001 anthrax attacks in New York City, World Youth Day in Toronto 2002, Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics,… read more… of age. Analysis was performed using the Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention’s Early Aberration … trauma (3). The overall ED volumes and triage acuity for all patients presenting to the ED as well as for those … into violence. The Kingston Whig-Standard. 2005 Sep 26; pg.1 front. [2] Elliot I. Police, Queen’s beef up … -
GIS Mapping of Occupational Health Visit Data from a Southeastern Ontario Tertiary Care Hospital
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Health care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of exposure to infectious agents including (among others) tuberculosis, influenza, norovirus, and Clostridium difficile as a consequence of patient care1,2 Most occupational transmission is… read more… to the OH department. Figure 1 – Percent of OH visits due to gastrointestinal illness for the week of March 11–17, … for Control in Health Care Settings. Clin Infect Dis 2003;37:1094-1101. [3] Koh D, Aw T-C. Surveillance in … 5% 6% - 10% > 10% Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:26 …