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  • 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 … Security. National Academies Press Web site. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_ id=10716&page=1. Accessed … Emerg Infect Dis 2002 Oct ;8. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/ vol8no10/02-0329.htm. Accessed April …
  • Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Classification Between Two Syndromic Surveillance Systems

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    In 2004, the BioDefend (BD) syndromic surveillance (SS) system was implemented in Duval County hospitals (Jacksonville, FL). Daily emergency department chief complaints are manually classified and entered into the BD system by… read more
    … The timing of statistical alerts between the systems was com- pared in relation to when sentinel influenza re- … BioDefend Surveillance Booklet. Available at: <http://www.bt.usf.edu/files/SurveillancePacket%20Draft.pd f>. …
  • Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View

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    This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more
    … respec- tive area to address specific, priority questions con- fronting researchers, developers, and public health … used in various syndromic surveillance system, budget con- straints, and the veracity and usefulness of compiled … Retrieved July 18, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32152.html [3] “Emergency …
  • Improvement of Epidemiology Business Processes through the Evolution of Biosurveillance

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    In the last decade, the scope of public health (PH) surveillance has grown, and biosurveillance capacity has expanded in Duval County. In 2004, the Duval County Health Department (DCHD) implemented a standalone syndromic surveillance (SS) system… read more
    … J 2011;4(Suppl 1). *Taj Azarian E-mail: tajazari@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 …
  • BioDefend Syndromic Surveillance System Influenza Activity Detection

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    Many syndromic surveillance systems have been developed and are operational, yet lack concise guidelines for investigating and conducting followups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department visits from six reporting hospitals… read more
    … demons- trates the importance of a concise protocol to comp- ile, analyze, interpret, and respond to syndromic sur- … Influenza Surveillence: Week 50. Retrieved 7/1/2007, www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/epi/ Advances in Disease …
  • Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions

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    The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more
    … Azarian et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 9 non-verbal and as a result, signs such … critical bioterrorism-associated agents, 2003, http://www.bt.cdc. gov/surveillance/syndromedef/. ER utilization … Health Threats Journal T Azarian et al. 2011, 4:s63 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 10 …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

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    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 37 this may need to be balanced with … Health Threats Journal DK Richardson et al. 2011, 4:s51 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 38 …