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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 … -
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 …