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  • Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?

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    The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more
    … relationship between Ontarioís emergency department (ED) visits and telephone health line (Telehealth Ontario) call … me_Be_Used_As_A_Proxy_For_Emergency_Department_Respiratory_Visit_Surveillance_By_Public_Health_.pdf Submitted by elamb … to ED discharge data. References (1) Wagner MM, Tsui F-C, Espino JU, Dato VM, Sittig DF, Caruana RA, McGinnis LF, …
  • Chart Review of Laboratory-Confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis Cases in a Local Food Borne Outbreak Linked to Mung Bean Sprouts

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    A retrospective chart review was performed to examine chief complaint, syndrome classification and discharge diagnoses of laboratory confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 13 cases who visited the Emergency Departments (ED) of two local… read more
    … Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 13 cases who visited the Emergency Departments (ED) of two local … in November 2005. A comparison was made between the chief com- plaint, syndrome classification and discharge … modified gastroenteritis or GI syndrome. RESULTS Of the 26 cases reported to public health in KFL&A, 10 patients …
  • Emergency Department Surveillance of Alcohol-Related Violence and Injuries to Enable Event Monitoring and Management

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    Syndromic surveillance has been used been used as method of surveillance for various events in recent years. For example, post September 11th, 2001 anthrax attacks in New York City, World Youth Day in Toronto 2002, Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics,… read more
    … 2005.   Objective Historical Emergency Department (ED) visits were examined to characterize ED utilization for the … ON Canada OBJECTIVE Historical Emergency Department (ED) visits were exam- ined to characterize ED utilization for … into violence. The Kingston Whig-Standard. 2005 Sep 26; pg.1 front. [2] Elliot I. Police, Queen’s beef up …
  • Absenteeism Among Employees in a Southeastern Ontario Hospital: A Novel Application of Syndromic Surveillance

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    Sickness absence is particularly pronounced within health care organizations where job demands and work environment expose workers to an increased risk of illness and injury, potentially leading to an inability to attend work.… read more
    … Objective 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health (OH) visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … illnesses are the main conditions associated with OH visits. General Medi- cine had the highest percentage of …
  • Early Detection and Integrated Response to Seasonal Influenza

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    A syndromic surveillance system has been implemented at Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health in Kingston Ontario as part of a pilot project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Public Health Division… read more
    … (implemented since SARS) for Emergency Department (ED) visits and information detailing hospital admissions.   … 2/1/2006 3/1/2006 4/1/2006 Positive Influenza Alerts ED Visits by Syndrome (3 day MA) Lab Results 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
  • Emergency Syndromic Surveillance: Adapting Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) for Public Health in Canada

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    In September 2004, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health began a 2-year pilot project to develop and evaluate an Emergency Department Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry… read more
    … captured in real-time: chief complaint, data/time of visit, hospital name, age, gender and 5- digit postal code …
  • Integration of Hospital Admissions, Febrile Respiratory Illness Screening and Triage Acuity Score into an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System

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    This paper outlines the integration of hospital admission, Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI) screening and Canadian Triage and Acuity Score (CTAS) data streams within an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance system. These data elements allow… read more
    … postal code of resi- dence, hospital and date and time of visit. DATA ELEMENTS Admission data – The physician’s …
  • Acute Care Alerting and Integrated Public Health Investigation and Response to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: Example of a Local Food Borne Outbreak

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    To highlight the key role of Emergency Department syn-dromic surveillance in linking acute care and public health, thus enabling collaborative detection, monitoring and management of a local food borne outbreak.
    … Surveillance (RODS)-based system captures real-time ED visits from 7 area hospitals and real-time admissions from 3 … for admissions related to GI ill- ness. Volumes of ED visits, including acuity levels to assess severity of … of the outbreak (Figure 1). Figure 1– EARS graph of ED visits for GI syndrome during a local food borne outbreak in …