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  • Ratio of Excess ED ILI Visits to Seroprevalence, Influenza A/H1N1 Infection, FL, 2009

    Content Type: Abstract

    A seroprevalence survey carried out in four counties in the Tampa Bay area of Florida (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Pasco) provided an estimate of cumulative incidence of infection due to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) as of the end of that year… read more
    … 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus corresponding to each ED visit for ILI in a four-county area of Florida. Knowing such … 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus corresponding to each ED visit for ILI in a four-county area of Florida. Knowing such … Ratio of Excess ED ILI Visits to Seroprevalence, Influenza A/H1N1 Infection, FL, …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … U.S. citizens and those evacuated from Haiti for medical care. As of 9 February 2010, there were 22,500 arrivals in … these patients also generated emergency department (ED) visits on arrival. Objective To describe the public health … U.S. citizens and those evacuated from Haiti for medical care. As of 9 February 2010, there were B22500 arrivals in …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Chief Complaints for Enhanced Situational Awareness during Wildfires, Florida, 2008

    Content Type: Abstract

    By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires affecting approximately 40,000 acres. In addition, the Mustang Corners Fire in Everglades National Park started on May 14 and burned throughout the month affecting another 40,000 acres… read more
    … activated and ESF-8 requested that the Agency for Health Care Administration open a wildfire event in the Emergency … of Community-based Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … activated and ESF-8 requested that the Agency for Health Care Administration open a wildfire event in the Emergency …
  • Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 8, 2015 Dr. Richard S. Hopkins presented the following slides as part of the ISDS Intro to BioSurveillance Workshop at the 2015 ISDS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This presentation demonstrates… read more
    … Do the most-at-risk groups have ready access to clinical care? 5 Where does this knowledge come from? Some comes from … and occupational hazard control and regulation Health care licensing and regulation Eliminate exposure to human … hospitals and laboratories Active or passive Sentinel sites e.g. influenza Birth and death certificates Syndromic …
  • Using a Bayesian Method to Assess Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia for ILI Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Traditional influenza surveillance relies on reports of influenzalike illness (ILI) by healthcare providers, capturing individuals who seek medical care and missing those who may search, post, and tweet about their illnesses instead. Existing… read more
    … providers, capturing individuals who seek medical care and missing those who may search, post, and tweet about … providers, capturing individuals who seek medical care and missing those who may search, post, and tweet about …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more
    … that monitor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … that mon- itor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … additional exposures may occur in the near term. If a site of release is suspected or known, additional …
  • A Value-Driven Framework For The Evaluation Of Biosurveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    Evaluation and strengthening of biosurveillance systems is acomplex process that involves sequential decision steps, numerous stakeholders, and requires accommodating multiple and conflicting objectives. Biosurveillance evaluation, the initiating… read more
    … models.Existing evaluation frameworks tend to focus on “hard” technical attributes (e.g. sensitivity) while ignoring … models.Existing evaluation frameworks tend to focus on “hard” technical attributes (e.g. sensitivity) while ignoring …
  • Letter to the Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Health Information Technology Policy Committee

    Content Type: Letter

    Sent on March 3, 2014, this letter summarizes the ISDS Board of Directors' response to preliminary recommendations that Laboratory Reporting and Syndromic Surveillance be removed as core measures for Eligible Hospitals in Stage 3 Meaningful Use. The… read more
    …  to  the   quality,  cost,  and  outcome  of  clinical  care.     It  is  important  for  the  Health  Information …  3.       Public  health  agencies  are  working  very  hard  with  very  limited  resources  to  accommodate  the …  unfiltered  deidentified  records  representing  all  visits  to  the   hospital’s  emergency  department,  or …