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

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    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 … influenza virus in a population. … Ratio of Excess ED ILI Visits to Seroprevalence, Influenza A/H1N1 Infection, FL, …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

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    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
    … may be most apparent from an increase in dead animal com- plaints made to animal control services. In the event … Health. 2003;80:89–96. 6. Kristin B, Uhde C, Farrell Y, Geddie M, Leon J.C. Early de- tection of outbreaks using … group. MMWR. 2001;50(RR-13). 10. Shaw WJ, Wang W, Rutz FC, Chapman EG, Rishel JP. Meteorological Integration for …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Chief Complaints for Enhanced Situational Awareness during Wildfires, Florida, 2008

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    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
    … By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires … of Community-based Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room (ER) visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

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    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
    … 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of … these patients also generated emergency department (ED) visits on arrival. Objective To describe the public health … either ‘Haiti’ or ‘earthquake’, along with the reason for visit, into appropriate syndrome categories. The intent of …
  • Using a Bayesian Method to Assess Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia for ILI Surveillance

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    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
    … individuals who seek medical care and missing those who may search, post, and tweet about their illnesses instead. … individuals who seek medical care and missing those who may search, post, and tweet about their illnesses instead. …
  • A Value-Driven Framework For The Evaluation Of Biosurveillance Systems

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    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
    … range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the … range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the …
  • Utility of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Identify Disease Outbreaks with Reportable Disease Data

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    In light of recent communicable disease outbreaks, the ability of Florida Department of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using reportable disease data and algorithms originally… read more
    … to guide timely disease control efforts, but may not by themselves be definitive actionable information. … to guide timely disease control efforts, but may not by themselves be definitive actionable information. …
  • 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
    …  laboratory  reporting  and  syndromic  surveillance  may   slow  or  even  stop  the  growing  momentum  to  set …  test  data  and  not  gone  into  production,  there   may  be  no  incentive  for  the  provider  to  achieve …  unfiltered  deidentified  records  representing  all  visits  to  the   hospital’s  emergency  department,  or …