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  • Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions

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    Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more
    … a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department syndromic … a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department (ED) syndromic … periods and epidemics. Use of the common syndrome did not have an overall or systematic cost in terms of …
  • Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more
    … ILI-s time-series visualized on the Distribute restricted website. Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4:s48. doi: … could be visualized through the Distribute restricted website. Comparison of local ILI-narrow, ILI-broad and ILI-s … 1 Olson DR, Paladini M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more
    … ED visits daily, and capture 95, 100, 100 and 95% of all ED visits, respectively. The data collected include … via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.5 Early notification might facilitate clinical … coincided in time. An early alert was identified in all four seasons using rapid test positivity, although no …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … useful for detecting typical community outbreaks. Nearly all plan to include syndromic surveillance as part of their … from three state health departments who reported they did not conduct syndromic surveillance noted that local … and least useful for detecting small outbreaks. Nearly all plan to include syndromic surveillance as part of their …
  • Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].
    … 0 20 08 -1 5 20 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 … 1/ 6/ 20 07 2/ 10 /2 00 7 3/ 17 /2 00 7 4/ 21 /2 00 7 5/ 26 /2 00 7 6/ 30 /2 00 7 8/ 4/ 20 07 9/ 8/ 20 07 10 /1 3/ 20 … CDC sentinel ILI and viral influenza isolate data (top); and age-specific temporal epidemic response surface …
  • Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts

    Content Type: Webinar

    On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more
    … identifying the actionable information that exists within all of these data/signals? Previous Approach n  Look across … How could this work as integrated electronic solution? Do De Do. . . Skip a Few Our Usual Way to Focus on Statistical … while almost all of the influenza-like illnesses (are due to) this new virus, the actual percent of visits that …
  • Syndromic Surveillance from a Local Perspective: A Review of the Literature

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health disease surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data for use in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health, with the overarching goal of providing… read more
    … the systems and processes have changed dramatically due to advances in information and communication technology, … the systems and processes have changed dramatically due to advances in information and communication technology, …
  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.
    … for a field surveillance exercise. BACKGROUND On February 26-27, 2008, NYC DOHMH staff participated in a field … public health emergency. Field surveillance staff visited 26 hospitals to collect data on ED visits and hospital … Disposition status is complete in approximately 1/3 of all visits by the next day and for >60% of all visits within …