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Evaluating the BioSense Syndrome for Heat-Related Illness in Maricopa County, Arizona
Content Type: Abstract
Monitoring heat-related illness (HRI) is a public health priority in Maricopa County, Arizona. Since 2006, Maricopa County Department of Public Health has utilized data from hospital discharges, medical examiner preliminary reports, and death… read more… End Application uses a standard query definition for HRI (i.e., “Heat, excessive”), but this definition may perform … data; quantify the number of cases retrieved by the query due to chief complaint terms rather than clinical diagnosis; … End Application uses a standard query definition for HRI (i.e., “Heat, excessive”), but this definition may perform … -
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… such as droughts and increased wildfire activity due to decades of warmer temperatures [Joyce 2014]. As part … may update individual visit data, providing discharge (i.e., post-visit) diagnosis codes (i.e., diagnosis or external cause codes). Analysis of …