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  • Representativeness of Emergency Department Data Reported to the BioSense System

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    In 2007, the CDC BioSense System received data from 450 non-federal hospitals. Hospitals provide data to Biosense based on their capability and willingness to supply electronic data. As of July 2008, Biosense is receiving data from 550 hospitals.… read more
    … Health and Statistics, Number 386, June 29, 2007. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad386.pdf [2] Syndrome Definitions … Bioterrorism-associated Agents, October 23, 2003. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef/index.asp Further Information: Patrick Minor, pfm3@cdc.gov www.cdc.gov/biosense Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

    Content Type: Abstract

    The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more
    … CDC. Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/respiratory/rsvfeat.htm. … Surveillance System (NREVSS). Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/nrevss/. Accessed July 11, …
  • BioSense Real-Time Data Initiative: Improving Emergency Preparedness- Monitoring Injury Sub-Syndromes

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    Analysis of the BioSense data facilitates the identification, tracking, and management of emergent and routine health events, including potential bioterrorism events, injury related incidents and rapidly spreading naturally occurring events (1).… read more
    … Nelson Arboleda MD, MPH, narboleda@cdc.gov http://www.cdc.gov/biosense/ Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Performance Characteristics of Control Chart Detection Methods

    Content Type: Abstract

    To recognize outbreaks so that early interventions can be applied, BioSense uses a modification of the EARS C2 method, stratifying days used to calculate the expected value by weekend vs weekday, and including a rate-based method… read more
    … Data User Guide, version 2.06 (September 2006), http://www.cdc.gov/biosense/files/CDC_BioSen …
  • Automated Monitoring of Exposures Using the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national automated surveillance system designed to enhance the nation's capability to rapidly detect and quantify public health emergencies, by accessing and analyzing diagnostic and prediagnostic health data. The… read more
    … BioSense, Fact Sheet Atlanta, GA. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/BioSense/files/fact_sheet.pdf For further …
  • Identifying Clusters of Falls During the 2007-08 Winter Season in the BioSense System

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    The purposes of this study are to identify and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season.
    … Software for the spatial and space-time scan statistics. www.satscan.org, 2008 Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • A Pilot Study of Aberration Detection Algorithms with Simulated Data

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    To evaluate four algorithms with varying baseline periods and adjustment for day of week for anomaly detection in syndromic surveillance data.   read more
    … User Guide, version 2.06 (September 2006), at http://0- www.cdc.gov.mill1.sjlibrary.org/biosense, 2007. 3. CR …
  • The Use of BioSense Data for Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The BioSense system currently receives real-time data from more than 370 hospitals, as well as national daily batched data from over 1100 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. BioSense maps chief… read more
    … References:1 CDC. BioSense Site. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/biosense. Accessed July 11, 2007. Advances in …