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Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance and Population-Based Health Monitoring in Los Angeles County
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The Bioterrorism Surveillance Unit of the Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control (ACDC) program analyzes Emergency Department (ED) data daily. Currently capturing over 40% of the ED… read more… in the LAC metro area obtained from the weather.com website. Regarding surveillance for morbidity related to … Information: Emily Kajita, ekajita@ph.lacounty.gov http://www.lapublichealth.org/acd/ Advances in Disease Surveillance … -
Evaluating the utility of school absenteeism during the 2009–2010 influenza season in Los Angeles County
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It has been postulated that school absenteeism, a non-traditional surveillance data source, may allow for early detection of disease outbreaks, particularly among school-aged children who may not seek emergency medical attention… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 28 the period from 1 September 2009 … Public Health 2005;5:105. 2 Snyder TD, Dillow SA, Hoffman CM. Digest of Education Statistics 2008 (NCES 2009–020). … Health Threats Journal C Faustino et al. 2011, 4:s130 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 29 … -
Automated Syndromic Surveillance System in Los Angeles County
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The Los Angeles County (LAC) Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Unit has made significant progress in automating the syndromic surveillance system. The surveillance system receives electronic data on a daily basis from different hospital… read more… REFERENCES [1]. Hutwagner L, Seeman GM, Thompson WW, Treadwell T. A simulation model for assessing aberration …