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Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities
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Since October 2004, the Indiana State Health Department and the Marion County Health Department have been developing and using a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency department admission data. The system … read more… receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … surveillance system based on emergency department data may be leveraged for other public health uses. Document … to arrange payment for proper heating. Weather related visits Using custom queries in ESSENCE, MCHD looks for ED … -
Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System
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In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more… system (PHESS) receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … Indiana’s PHESS receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … deadly tornado struck southern Indiana in 2005. As the ED visit volumes climbed, no false alerts were triggered for … -
Using a real time syndromic surveillance system to track heat related illnesses during a heat wave
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In 2004, the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), which serves a county population over 890,000, began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more… disease outbreaks. Today, about 1600 emergency department visits occur daily in Marion County's 14 emergency … -0 7- 20 11 27 -0 7- 20 11 Date of Emergency Department Visit C o u n t o f P at ie n ts Fig. 1. Heat-Related Chief … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Super Bowl Surveillance: A Practical Exercise in Inter-Jurisdictional Public Health Information Sharing
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When the Chicago Bears met the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public health departments have instituted heightened… read more… XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public … XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public … XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public … -
Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours
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In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more… (EDs) of local hospitals. The information obtained may be valuable to hospital and clinic administrators … surge in emergency department visits. Issue Brief No. 70, 2003 October; http://www.hschange.com/CONTENT/613/ Further Information: Jutieh Lincoln, … -
Patient Management System Programmed Alert to Notify Providers of Suspected TB Cases
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An increase in tuberculosis (TB) among homeless men residing in Marion County, Indiana was noticed in the summer of 2008. The Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) hosted screening events at homeless shelters in hopes of finding… read more… MCPHD Patient Management System. Therefore, the provider may ignore the TB alert on these patients since the patient … alert in their patient management system. Also, RI may help develop another alert that includes contacts of … data. Only one-fourth of the patients (13 of the 53) visited the emergency department during the year of the … -
Communities of Practice: Advancing the Practice of Surveillance
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These slides were presented as a 60 minute oral presentation at the 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference in Atlanta Georgia. Learning Objective To share our experiences at ISDS with setting up and managing communities of… read more… State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest” 2 min Shandy 18 - New Hampshire … need for a Community of Practice? Discussion 5 min Shandy 26 Additional References Communities of Practice References: … Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Group Membership 351 367 379 Profile …