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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.… _Influenza-Like_Illness_Observed_From_Emergency_Department_Visits_In_Miami-Dade_County.pdf Submitted by elamb on Mon, … Influenza-Like Illness Observed From Emergency Department Visits in Miami-Dade County Guoyan Zhang, MD, MPH, Erin … Influenza-Like Illness Observed from Emergency Department Visits in Miami-Dade County … -
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… data. Daily monitoring of school absenteeism data may enhance early outbreak detection in Miami-Dade County in … data. Daily monitoring of school absenteeism data may enhance early outbreak detection in Miami-Dade County in … illness. Forty percent (66 of 165) of children aged 0-17 visited the ED March 11th between 6:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. … -
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… race/ethnicity, resident zip code, hospital, time of visit and chief complaint whereas bioterrorism-associated … order to get a broader picture of the daily events which may be useful in understanding the geographic trends of … file include patient age, sex, chief complaint, time of visit, race/ethnicity, discharge disposition (e.g. admitted, …