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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 … -
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 … -
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… sur- veillance parameters such as the date of health care visits, the Zip code or country of residence are considered …