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Geospatial Direction of Syndromes in the District of Columbia
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The inception of syndromic surveillance has spawned a great deal of research into emergency department chief complaint data. In addition to its use as an early warning system of a bioterror or outbreak event, many health departments are attempting… read more… It is unknown if the directional distribution is due to characteristics in the utilization of emergency … -
Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more… was preferred to the univariate CUSUM for some but not all outbreak types. Objective This paper evaluates an ER … BACKGROUND Immediately following September 11, 2001, the Dis- trict of Columbia Department of Health began a syn- … was preferred to the univariate CUSUM for some but not all outbreak types[3]. METHODS In this paper we extend these …