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  • Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?

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    The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more
    … relationship between Ontarioís emergency department (ED) visits and telephone health line (Telehealth Ontario) call … me_Be_Used_As_A_Proxy_For_Emergency_Department_Respiratory_Visit_Surveillance_By_Public_Health_.pdf Submitted by elamb … to ED discharge data. References (1) Wagner MM, Tsui F-C, Espino JU, Dato VM, Sittig DF, Caruana RA, McGinnis LF, …
  • 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
    … gastrointestinal (GI)-related Occupational Health (OH) visits among hospital employees. Document … gastrointestinal (GI)-related Occupational Health (OH) visits among hospital employees. BACKGROUND Health care … 5% 6% - 10% > 10% Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:26 … Health care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of …
  • 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
    … Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 13 cases who visited the Emergency Departments (ED) of two local … in November 2005. A comparison was made between the chief com- plaint, syndrome classification and discharge … modified gastroenteritis or GI syndrome. RESULTS Of the 26 cases reported to public health in KFL&A, 10 patients …
  • 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
    … 2005.   Objective Historical Emergency Department (ED) visits were examined to characterize ED utilization for the … ON Canada OBJECTIVE Historical Emergency Department (ED) visits were exam- ined to characterize ED utilization for … into violence. The Kingston Whig-Standard. 2005 Sep 26; pg.1 front. [2] Elliot I. Police, Queen’s beef up …
  • Absenteeism Among Employees in a Southeastern Ontario Hospital: A Novel Application of Syndromic Surveillance

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    Sickness absence is particularly pronounced within health care organizations where job demands and work environment expose workers to an increased risk of illness and injury, potentially leading to an inability to attend work.… read more
    … Objective 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health (OH) visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … illnesses are the main conditions associated with OH visits. General Medi- cine had the highest percentage of …
  • Lessons Learned from an Extreme Heat Event using ACES for Situational Awareness, Ontario, Canada

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    The Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance (ACES) system provides syndromic surveillance for Ontario's acute care hospitals. ACES receives over 99% of acute care records for emergency department (ED) visits; mean daily volume is 17,500 visits. ACES uses a… read more
    … 99% of acute care records for emergency department (ED) visits; mean daily volume is 17,500 visits. ACES uses a maximum entropy classifier and generates … during extreme heat events; monitoring real-time ED visits can inform local public health authorities of health …
  • Early Detection and Integrated Response to Seasonal Influenza

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    A syndromic surveillance system has been implemented at Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health in Kingston Ontario as part of a pilot project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Public Health Division… read more
    … (implemented since SARS) for Emergency Department (ED) visits and information detailing hospital admissions.   … 2/1/2006 3/1/2006 4/1/2006 Positive Influenza Alerts ED Visits by Syndrome (3 day MA) Lab Results 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
  • 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
    … and policies concerning public health emergencies that may shape information sharing during a crisis. Potential … and policies concerning public health emergencies that may shape information sharing during a cri- sis. Potential … system based on collection of aggregate data for ED visits from existing SS systems. This project has the …