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Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System
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In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more… system (PHESS) receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … Indiana’s PHESS receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … on site at the time of the inspection. The health care provider who treated the affected patients did not … -
Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data
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In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more… epidemiologist received all reports of rabies PEP via hard copy. Objective The purpose of this paper is to … epidemiologist received all reports of rabies PEP via hard copy. METHODS Initially, the veterinary epidemiologist … query feature to search for rabies related patient visits. However, a more automated method was desired that … -
Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Cross-border Data Sharing
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In the fall of 2006, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) proactively began general discussions regarding surveillance issues of mutual interest. Both states, having operational… read more… was in the partner state, even if a patient sought care outside of the two-county vertical band. RESULTS … gender, patient home zip code, admitted date and time, visit number, and free- text chief complaint. Approximately … -
Expanding the Functionality of Syndromic Surveillance Systems: Data Mining and Query Development
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The Indiana Public Health Emergency Surveillance System (PHESS) currently receives approximately 5,000 near real-time chief complaint messages from 55 hospital emergency departments daily. The ISDH partners with the Regenstrief Institute to… read more… These data were also used to initiate follow-up on mumps-related chief complaints and to ensure that an … -
Exercise Demonstrates Effective Syndromic Surveillance Response Process
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Currently, Indiana monitors emergency department patient chief complaint data from 73 geographically dispersed hospitals. These data are analyzed using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-… read more… comprised of 14 emergency department patients seeking care on the afternoon of the prior day (Thursday). The 14 … (10 adults and 2 children) sought emergency medical care at the same hospital within a 2-hour window. Patient … and used anthrax as the agent. Twelve of the 14 patient visits generating the respiratory alert were part of the …