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  • Utility of the ESSENCE System for Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) in Miami-Dade County

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    The threat of pandemic and seasonal influenza has drawn attention to syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of influenza-like illness. Since 2005, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance… read more
    … standard. RESULTS From January-March 2005, there were 26,383 emergency department visits, of which 1489 (5.6%) … to the ILI syndromic group. Of these 1,489 events, 26 (1.7%) were true positives and 1,463 (98.3%) were false … value [4]. The low sensitivity seen in this study may be due to low diagnosis of influenza in the emergency …
  • Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Activities in Miami-Dade County for Super Bowl XLI

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    A large event such as the Super Bowl that attracts over 120,000 visitors to an area within a short period of time has the potential to increase the risk of communicable diseases and environmental hazards in a community in… read more
    … were implemented to ensure the health and safety of all residents and visitors in the weeks surrounding the … were implemented to ensure the health and safety of all residents and visitors in the weeks surrounding the … the data can not determine whether or not absenteeism was due to illness or to the event. CONCLUSIONS Although no …
  • Use of Epidemiological Knowledge to Create Syndromic Surveillance Reports

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    Syndromic surveillance is an investigational approach used to monitor trends of illness in communities. It relies on pre-diagnostic health data rather than laboratory-confirmed clinical diagnoses. Its primary purpose is to detect… read more
    … with other staff members, the report is emailed to all hospital Infection Control Practitioners (ICPs) and … a high alert. Each day, an MDCHD analyst evaluates all alerts and develops a summary report. This report … s te r in g B y Z ip C o d e ? C lu s te r in g B y C h ie f C o m p la in t? C lu s te r in g B y H o s p i ta l? C …
  • Comparison of 2005-2007 Influenza-Like Illness Observed from Emergency Department Visits in Miami-Dade County

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    The purpose of this study was to compare the 2005- 2006 and 2006-2007 Influenza seasons using Influenza-like illness (ILI) data received from Emergency Departments in Miami-Dade County.
    … season. This is particularly true among children, who did not have an obvious peak time. ED-based syndromic … tool to monitor ILI trends in the community. LIMITATIONS Due to the unavailability of Flu vaccination data by age …
  • Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade

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    From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more
    … ec-09 1-Jan-10 1-F eb-10 1-M ar-10 1-A pr-10 Date P at ie nt s in O ut br ea ks 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 … 3 consecutive days of red flags were posted among the all-age group. The next leg up in the uptrend of the count … than an actual increase in incidence. Rotavirus infection did not appear to make a contribution to the increase in the …
  • Using Public School Absentee Data to Enhance Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County, 2007

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    The Miami-Dade County Health Department currently utilizes Emergency Department based Syndromic surveillance data, 911 Call Center data, and more recently Public School Absenteeism data. Daily monitoring of school absenteeism… read more
    … on syndromic surveillance data among the 0-4, 5-17, and All age groups (Figures 1-3). Coincidentally, 108 schools … 12th matched the zip codes of patients visiting the ED due to GI illness. Forty percent (66 of 165) of children …
  • Innovative Uses for ESSENCE to Improve Standard Communicable Disease Reporting Practices in Miami-Dade County

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    To illustrate how ESSENCE can been utilized to collaborate with healthcare practitioners in order to improve communicable disease reporting
    … surveillance and reporting. Despite notification to all providers and hospitals that varicella (chicken pox) … that healthcare practitioners report appropriately. Due to the fact that only a small percentage of chicken pox …
  • Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County

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    To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities
    … with our health care providers could be enhanced due to lack of reporting. Lastly, research on suicide and …