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Innovative Uses for ESSENCE to Improve Standard Communicable Disease Reporting Practices in Miami-Dade County
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To illustrate how ESSENCE can been utilized to collaborate with healthcare practitioners in order to improve communicable disease reporting… SAS 9.1.3. RESULTS In 2007, there was a mean of 2,356 ED visits per day and a mean of 10.2 visits that had a queried reportable disease in the chief … reportable disease list via email, phone, mail, and on-site hospital visits. Advances in Disease Surveillance … -
Utility of the ESSENCE System for Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) in Miami-Dade County
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The threat of pandemic and seasonal influenza has drawn attention to syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of influenza-like illness. Since 2005, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance… read more… 2005, there were 26,383 emergency department visits, of which 1489 (5.6%) were assigned to the ILI … -
Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Activities in Miami-Dade County for Super Bowl XLI
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A large event such as the Super Bowl that attracts over 120,000 visitors to an area within a short period of time has the potential to increase the risk of communicable diseases and environmental hazards in a community in… read more… monitor mode rather than project mode. The daily total ED visits for Miami-Dade County residents progressively …