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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 … Academic Emergency Medicine, December 2004; 11, 12 4 Ben Y. Reise and Kenneth D. Mandl. Syndromic Surveillance: the … -
Beyond Traditional Surveillance: Applying Syndromic Surveillance to Developing Settings- Opportunities and Challenges
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The revised International Health Regulations (IHR) have expanded traditional infectious disease notification to include surveillance diseases of international importance, including emerging infectious diseases. However, there are no clearly… read more… used worldwide to augment traditional surveillance, and may enhance compliance with the revised IHR. Objective: To … Developing Settings—Opportunities and Challenges Larissa May, MD, MSPH1, JP Chretien, MD, PhD2,3, Julie Pavlin, MD, … -
Development of an Introductory Continuing Medical Education Program for Public Health Professionals and Clinicians in Syndromic Surveillance
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58 medical licensure boards require between 12 and 50 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for re-licensure of physicians. 28 states as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands, require… read more… 45 hours every 3 years. Continuing education requirements may include self-directed educational programs, … 2 www.nsweb.nursingspectrum.com 3 Barbara A. B runt. The impacto f lifelong learning in … -
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… systems during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic Y Zhang1,2, L May1,2, and MA Stoto1,2 1Georgetown … illness (ILI) cases reported to medical staff: ED visits (GU and GWU Hospital emergency room visits records … Journal 2011, 4:s123. doi: 10.3134/ehtj.10.123 & 2011 Y Zhang et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. … -
Applications of Syndromic Surveillance in Resource Poor Settings: A Series of Case Studies
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Particularly in resource-poor settings, syndromic surveillance has been proposed as a feasible solution to the challenges in meeting the new disease surveillance requirements included in the World Health Organization's International Health… read more… developing countries *Larissa May E-mail: larissa.may@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Graduate-Level Syndromic Surveillance Course, An International Society for Disease Surveillance Project
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Following the development of an introductory Continuing Education (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease Surveillance recognized the need to educate future non-… read more… Disease Surveillance Project Debjani Das, MPH1, Larissa May, M.D2, Julie Pavlin, MD, PhD, MPH3. 1. University of … 1. http://grad- schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pu b/search. 2. …