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Google Flu Trends: Correlation with Emergency Department Influenza Rates and Crowding Metrics
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Emergency Departments (ED) supply critical infrastructure to provide medical care in the event of a disaster or disease outbreak, including seasonal and pandemic influenza [1]. Already over-crowded and stretched to near-capacity, influenza activity… read more… strong correlation with local influenza cases and ED ILI visits, providing first time evidence of its utility for … query data. Nature. 2009;457:1012�4. *Andrea Dugas E-mail: adugas1@jhmi.edu (page number not for citation … -
A Survey of Usage and Response Protocols of Syndromic Surveillance Systems by State Public Health Departments in the United States
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Within the syndromic surveillance literature there are acknowledged gaps with respect to penetration of syndromic surveillance systems and standard or promising practices for response. The lack of adequate data and evidence-based… read more… We conducted a cross-sectional survey (telephone and email) of state epidemiologists in all 50 states and the …