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Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more… program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … dromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … -
Evaluation of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data by ICD-9 Code: Is There a Correlation between Chief Complaint and Final Emergency Department Diagnosis for Early Detection of Influenza-like Illness?
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Syndromic surveillance aims to decrease the time to detection of an outbreak compared to traditional surveillance methods. Emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance systems vary in their methodology and complexity and are usually based on… read more… between chief complaint and discharge diagnosis, which may be syndrome-dependent. The use of ED discharge diagnosis may improve surveillance validity if it can be done in a … for Early Detection of Influenza-Like Illness? Larissa May, M.D1. Michael Stoto, Ph.D2. Neal Sikka, M.D1. 1 … -
Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance
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For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more… with concerns that the public or health care providers may have about sharing data with public health agencies: (a) … and for timely data. For example, in some instances, data may be needed daily to detect infectious disease outbreaks … sur- veillance parameters such as the date of health care visits, the Zip code or country of residence are considered … -
Evaluating University syndromic surveillance systems during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
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Syndromic surveillance has been widely adopted as a real-time monitoring tool in early response to disease outbreaks. In order to provide real-time information on the impact of 2009 H1N1 during the Fall 2009 semester, Georgetown … read more… illness (ILI) cases reported to medical staff: ED visits (GU and GWU Hospital emergency room visits records for patients aged 17–24 years with ILI), SHC (total of visits to the GU and GWU student health centers), off-hour …