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A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise
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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.… To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … hospital admissions for the 7-day period before the site visit. Of the 50 hospital EDs that report electronic data to … -
Responding to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: An Adaptable Protocol for Georgia Health Districts
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Although many syndromic surveillance (SS) systems have been developed and implemented, few have included response protocols to guide local health jurisdictions when alerts occur [1,2]. SS was first implemented in GA during the 2004 G-8 Summit. Six… read more… generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. Document … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. BACKGROUND Although many syndromic surveillance … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. … -
Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information… read more… The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … -
Syndromic Surveillance and Influenza-like Illness in Georgia
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There are multiple sources of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data within the state of Georgia. These include laboratory surveillance for influenza viruses, sentinel providers that report ILI, pneumonia and… read more… and geographic information are re- ceived on each ED visit. Frequencies and percentage of all visits were … -
A Comparison of Locally Developed Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions Using Electronic Emergency Department Data in Boston and New York City
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To compare locally-developed influenza-like syndrome definitions (derived from emergency department (ED) chief complaints) when applied to data from two ISDS DiSTRIBuTE Project participants: Boston and New York City (NYC) [1].… jurisdictions. The primary limitations of the study were lack of geographic, demographic and analytic diversity among … -
Spatio-Temporal Visualizations as Interface: Constructing Geographic Animations of Disease Surveillance Data in a Syndromic Surveillance System
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As the Georgia Division of Public Health began constructing a systems interface for its syndromic surveillance program, the nature and intended use of these data inspired new approaches to interface design. With the temporal and spatial components… read more… of zip code color gradients found that often there is a lack of sufficient contrast between shaded regions to fully …