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A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for Detection of Clusters of Lower Gastrointestinal Illness
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We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the detection of clusters of lower gastrointestinal illness, using AC and ED data and AC+ED data combined, from two geographically separate health plans participating… read more… We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the … A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for … We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the … -
Evaluating Syndromic Signals from Ambulatory Care Data in Four States
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The utility of syndromic surveillance systems to augment health departments’ traditional surveillance for naturally occurring disease has not been prospectively evaluated. Objective In this interim… read more… describe the signals detected by a real-time ambulatory care-based syndromic surveillance system and discuss their … Document Evaluating_Syndromic_Signals_From_Ambulatory_Care_Data_In_Four_States.pdf 3 views Submitted by elamb on … Evaluating Syndromic Signals from Ambulatory Care Data in Four States W. Katherine Yih,1 Candace Fuller,2 … -
Comparing the Utility of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Room Data for Disease Outbreak Detection
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To compare the ability to detect disease outbreaks of separate and combined data streams from ambulatory care and emergency department from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.… of separate and combined data streams from ambulatory care and emergency department from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Document … Comparing the Utility of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Room Data for Disease Outbreak Detection … of separate and combined data streams from ambulatory care and emergency department from Harvard Pilgrim Health … -
Assessing the Impact of Syndromic Surveillance Systems on Routine Public Health Practice: Identifying and Evaluating Syndromic Signals
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We describe the development and implementation of a protocol for identifying syndromic signals and for assessing their value to public health departments for routine (non-bioterrorism) purposes. The specific objectives of the evaluation are to… read more… Sherwood,6 Richard Platt1 1 Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 2 Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 3 Kaiser … The evaluation period is expected to begin at most sites in August 2005. CONCLUSIONS This prospective …