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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 … -
Nurse Call Data for Detection of Influenza-Like Illness
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Influenza affects millions of people and causes about 36,000 deaths in the United States each winter. Pandemics of influenza emerge at irregular intervals. National influenza surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus… read more… created as part of the routine delivery of medical care might supplement current data sources. Nurse call data … people with ILI may call a nurse line before seeking care at a health-care facility and because the data are more timely than … Harmon,3 Richard Platt,1 1 Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard … -
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 … -
Telephone Triage Data for Detection of Influenza-like Illness
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National surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus variants and to monitor influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Nurse telephone triage (“call”) data may serve as a useful complement to… read more… Harmon,3 Richard Platt,1 1 Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard … on number of influenza isolates and percentage of total visits to sentinel providers for influenza-like illness were … [2] Henry JV, Magruder S, Snyder M. Comparison of office visit and nurse advice hotline data for syndromic … -
Multi-Method Comparison of Detecting Common Events of Public Health Interest: a Multi-Site, Multi-Stream Simulation Study
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Existing statistical methods can perform well in detecting simulated bioterrorism events. However, these methods have not been well-evaluated for detection of the type of respiratory and gastrointestinal events of greatest… read more… _Detecting_Common_Events_Of_Public_Health_Interest_A_Multi-Site_Multi-Stream_Simulation_Study.pdf 6 views Submitted by … common events of public health interest: a multi-site, multi-stream simulation study Ken Kleinman1, Allyson … Common Events of Public Health Interest: a Multi-Site, Multi-Stream Simulation Study …