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  • A Comparison between Syndromic Surveillance 911/EMS and Emergency Department Data

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    To examine data from 911/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and determine whether these data provide a useful addition to syndromic surveillance (SS) when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data.
    … when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data. Document … when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data. BACKGROUND Evaluation of data sources is a key … and analyze data from 911/EMS calls and CCs from ED visits. We focused on the “neurologic syndrome” because this …
  • Georgia's Strategy for Targeting Syndromic Surveillance

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    As part of public health protection activities conducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, June 2004, DPH implemented SS in the state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following… read more
    … state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following this … is available regarding strategies for identifying sites where SS should be targeted.   Objective This paper … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

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    In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more
    … (range = 2 months to 13 years). Emergency department visits were the most common data source, used by 84%, followed by outpatient clinic visits (49%), over-the-counter medication sales (44%), calls … years (range, 2 months to 13 years). Emergency department visits were the most common data source, used by 84%, …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

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    For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more
    … uence the sharing of health information between health care providers and public health agencies for surveillance, as well as research, purposes. Some health care providers have expressed reluctance or refused to … Rule (2). Although the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits health care providers to disclose protected health information …
  • Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase

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    This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].
    … 08 -2 0 Midwestern State A Western City A All DiSTRIBuTE Sites 20 06 -4 20 06 -9 20 06 -1 4 20 06 -1 9 20 06 -2 4 20 … depict respiratory, fever and influenza-like syndrome ED visits by jurisdiction as percent of total. 1/ 21 /2 00 6 2/ … (3-digit zip code or larger regions) to a secure Internet site. Weekly aggregate ratios of febrile respiratory or …
  • Preliminary Findings from the BioSense Evaluation Project

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    In October 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded four institutions, including Emory University, to conduct evaluations of the BioSense surveillance system. These evaluations include investigations of situations… read more
    … for conducting case studies, including selection of study sites that represent a spectrum of health department … or locally initiated syndromic surveil- lance for ED visits or 911 calls, sentinel surveillance, ad hoc active …
  • BioSense program redesign

    Content Type: Abstract

    The BioSense program’s mission is to support and improve public health surveillance infrastructure and human capacity required to monitor (with minimal lag) critical population health indicators of the scope and severity of acute… read more
    … out- comes and public health, and (4) monitoring health care quality. BioSense, as an all-hazards and timely … cited. Figure 1 The BioSense Redesign Collaboration Site (https://sites.google. com/site/biosenseredesign). Emerging Health …
  • 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
    … that monitor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … that mon- itor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … additional exposures may occur in the near term. If a site of release is suspected or known, additional …