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Catchment Area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Room - Implications for Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County
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This research aims to determine the catchment area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Department (ED). The purpose is to identify pediatric populations and territories within Miami-Dade County that are insufficiently covered by this hospital's… read more… 85 661 residents in Miami-Dade County below 18 years old visited Miami Children’s Hospital ED in 2005. This figure … of double entries resulting from classification of ED visits into more than one syndromic group. Direct … was used to calculate age standardized rates of visits by patient’s zip code of residence. The 2000 US … -
Dual Monitoring of ILI Syndrome Using the ESSENCE System
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The threat of terrorism and high-profile disease outbreaks has drawn attention to public health syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of natural or man-made disease events. In this sense, the Miami-Dade County Health… read more… the system generates the weekly percentage of ILI visits which is compared with a county baseline and … if it is necessary. Figure 1 – Daily plot of ILI ER visits in Miami-Dade County. Week 16, 2006 The second part … consists of a weekly comparison of percentage of ILI ER visits to ILI baseline and threshold lines for the … -
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%) were assigned to the ILI syndromic group. Of these 1,489 events, 26 (1.7%) were true positives and 1,463 (98.3%) were false … -
Use of Syndromic Data for Surveillance of Hurricane-Related Injuries in Miami-Dade County, FL
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In 2005, three hurricanes made landfall in Florida, with Hurricane Wilma having the most severe impact on Miami-Dade County. Syndromic surveillance is typically used to detect bioterrorism or natural disease outbreaks before… read more… that occurred between October and December 2005, as these may have resulted from preparation, impact, or clean-up … 20 25 30 35 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 Da y Lumbar (847.2) Open wound of leg*(891.0) Open wound of …