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  • 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 … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document … state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following this …
  • 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 … that plume models would be useful to help frame the un- derstanding of exposure risks in a community, but such …
  • 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%, …
  • 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].
    … depict respiratory, fever and influenza-like syndrome ED visits by jurisdiction as percent of total. 1/ 21 /2 00 6 2/ … Surface plots depict relative increase in ED syndrome visits as observed / baseline by jurisdiction and age. … The participants reported aggregate daily counts of ED visits by age group (<2, 2-4, 5-17, 18-44, 45-64 and 65+ …
  • A Comparison between Syndromic Surveillance 911/EMS and Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    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.
    … and analyze data from 911/EMS calls and CCs from ED visits. We focused on the “neurologic syndrome” because this … were designed and applied to the patient CC for ED visits occurring from July 1 through December 31, 2005. Data … period, 16,685 911/EMS calls or transports and 23,515 ED visits total were registered. Seventy-two zip codes were …
  • BioSense program redesign

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    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
    … McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: tik2@cdc.gov Objective The objective of this study is …
  • 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
    … or locally initiated syndromic surveil- lance for ED visits or 911 calls, sentinel surveillance, ad hoc active …
  • Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more
    … system based on collection of aggregate data for ED visits from existing SS systems. This project has the … would be appropriate to “pick up the phone and call” or e-mail a colleague across the border. In addition, both the …