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Influenza surveillance using inpatient health information exchange data
Content Type: Abstract
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) temporarily made lab-confirmed influenza hospitalizations and deaths reportable. As reporting influenza hospitalizations is resource intensive for hospitals,… read more -
All Traffic Related, Washington State Department of Health, 2018
Content Type: Syndrome
Objective: Capture all traffic-related injuries presenting to the emergency room regardless of intent or vehicle type to allow monitoring of long-term trends in traffic-related injuries as well as short-term aberrations due to holiday, events,… read more -
Surveillance of Laboratory-confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations Using a Health Information Exchange
Content Type: Abstract
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) temporarily made lab-confirmed influenza hospitalizations reportable. Reporting of influenza hospitalizations is resource intensive for hospitals and local… read more -
Monitoring Sexual Violence Visits in Emergency Department Data to Improve Public Health
Content Type: Abstract
Although sexual violence is a pressing public health and safety issue, it has historically been challenging to monitor population trends with precision. Approximately 31% of incidents of sexual violence are reported to law enforcement and only 5%… read more -
Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document
Content Type: References
This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more -
All Traffic Related v2 - Washington State Department of Health, 2019
Content Type: Syndrome
Objective: This is an updated to the All Traffic-related submitted in 2018. The goal is to capture all traffic-related injuries presenting for healthcare, regardless of intent or vehicle type, to allow monitoring of long-term trends… read more -
Measles-related syndromes - Washington State Department of Health
Content Type: Syndrome
In WA, we've been using a series of increasingly broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a result of people seeking care because they were (or think) they were exposed, seeking… read more -
Homelessness - Washington State Department of Health
Content Type: Syndrome
The following syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. Trends over time, patient demographics, geographic distribution, and primary reasons for seeking care were explored.… read more