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  • Evaluation of Heat-related Illness Surveillance Based on Chief Complaint Data from New Jersey Hospital Emergency Rooms

    Content Type: Abstract

    The NJ syndromic surveillance system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are released by the National Weather Service, an effective HRI algorithm could provide real-time health… read more
    … system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are … system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are …
  • School Daze: Capturing Chemical Exposures in Syndromic Surveillance -- New Jersey 2013

    Content Type: Abstract

    In early May of 2013, two chemical spills occurred within high schools in Atlantic county. These incidents, occurring within a week of each other, highlighted the need to strengthen statewide syndromic surveillance of illnesses caused by such… read more
    … chief complaint data taken from emergency department visits. The primary objective behind creation of the new … chief complaint data taken from emergency department visits. The primary objective behind creation of the new …
  • Better, Stronger, Faster: Why Add Fields to Syndromic Surveillance? New Jersey, 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    In New Jersey, real-time emergency department (ED) data are currently received from EDs by Health Monitoring Systems Inc.’s (HMS) EpiCenter, which collects, manages and analyzes ED registration data for syndromic surveillance, and provides alerts to… read more
    … pre-diagnostic chief complaint data from 78 of 80 acute care and satellite EDs. The need for more specific … pre-diagnostic chief complaint data from 78 of 80 acute care and satellite EDs. The need for more specific …
  • BioSense Sentinel Alert Experience: New Jersey, November, 2004

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to improve the nation's capabilities for early event detection and situational awareness. BioSense data includes Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs ambulatory… read more
    … Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs ambulatory care diagnoses and procedures, as well as Laboratory … Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs ambulatory care diagnoses and procedures, as well as Laboratory … Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs ambulatory care diagnoses and procedures, as well as Laboratory …
  • How’s the Weather? Severe Weather Classifications in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Hurricane ‘Superstorm’ Sandy struck New Jersey on October 29, 2012, causing harm to the health of New Jersey residents and billions of dollars of damage to businesses, transportation, and infrastructure. Monitoring health outcomes for increased… read more
    … in more recent events to monitor for weather-related visits to storm-affected area emergency departments (ED’s). … in more recent events to monitor for weather-related visits to storm-affected area emergency departments (ED’s). …
  • Syndromic Surveillance – Reports of Successes from the Field

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness and informing public health activities. In recent years, continued progress has been made in developing and… read more
    … uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness … uses near-real-time emergency department and other health care data for enhancing public health situational awareness …
  • Surveillance in New Jersey - From Anthrax to Automation

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the summer of 2001, New Jersey (NJ) was in the process of developing surveillance activities for bioterrorism. On September 11, 2001, the U.S. suffered a major terrorist attack. Approximately a month later, Anthrax-laced letters were processed… read more
    … when there was a more defined purpose to reporting ED visits and admissions (e.g., The Republican National …
  • Identifying Current Practical Analytic Challenges - the Analytic Solutions Committee

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented September 21, 2017. The purpose of this webinar is to introduce the Analytic Solution Committees (ASC) to ISDS members, explaining how the committee works and how it… read more
    … Committee Meeting Friday, October 6, 1 – 2 pm ET Urgent Care Justification Workgroup Call Tuesday, October 10, 12:30 …