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  • Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more
    … of NDC to identify related emergency department (ED) visits and subsequent CC-based syndrome categorization. These data may provide public health investigators insight into health … of SS syndromes based on the patient’s CC during their ED visit. Document …
  • Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Classification Between Two Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the BioDefend (BD) syndromic surveillance (SS) system was implemented in Duval County hospitals (Jacksonville, FL). Daily emergency department chief complaints are manually classified and entered into the BD system by… read more
    … one using a clinician’s classification of reason for visit and the other using an automated chief complaint … The timing of statistical alerts between the systems was com- pared in relation to when sentinel influenza re- … II). J Urban Health. 2003;80(suppl 1):I32–42. [3] Tsui F-C, Espino JU, Dato VM, Gesteland PH, Hutman J, Wagner MM. …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Chief Complaints for Enhanced Situational Awareness during Wildfires, Florida, 2008

    Content Type: Abstract

    By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires affecting approximately 40,000 acres. In addition, the Mustang Corners Fire in Everglades National Park started on May 14 and burned throughout the month affecting another 40,000 acres… read more
    … By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires … of Community-based Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room (ER) visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance during a South Florida Mass Migration Exercise, Broward County

    Content Type: Abstract

    On March 7th and 8th of 2007 authorities from federal, state, county, and municipal jurisdictions/agencies having mass migration response responsibilities (as per the Department of Homeland Security Operation Vigilant Sentry, as well as… read more
    … in 1980. The exercise included volunteers who visited a few local emergency departments with specific … resident and hospital zip code, hospital name, time of visit, and chief complaint text. If clustering of these … chief complaints were intended to sound like they may be cases of dengue fever or malaria in migrants. The …
  • Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts

    Content Type: Webinar

    On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more
    … On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice … increase (observed/linear-baseline). Region and Age (y) Date Ideas&   … influenza-like morbidity. CDC Press Briefing - May 26, 2009 Anne Schuchat: When we overlay our virologic … Reportable)disease)informa6on)that)includes)approximately)70)diseases) •  Demographic)data)for)NYC) Challenges) •  …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of … these patients also generated emergency department (ED) visits on arrival. Objective To describe the public health … either ‘Haiti’ or ‘earthquake’, along with the reason for visit, into appropriate syndrome categories. The intent of …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Department Chief Complaints Post-Hurricane Wilma, Broward County, Florida 2005

    Content Type: Abstract

    On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida as a category 3 storm. The storm moved toward the northeast and passed through Palm Beach and Broward Counties before entering the Atlantic… read more
    … 0.67-0.91), respectively. Respiratory illness ED visits showed a weak positive association in the first week … and, PMR 3.67 (95%CI 2.91-4.62) respectively. Visits for MVA shows a moderate negative association for the …
  • A collaboration to enhance detection of disease outbreaks clustered by time of patient arrival

    Content Type: Abstract

    One objective of public health surveillance is detecting disease outbreaks by looking for changes in the disease occurrence, so that control measures can be implemented and the spread of disease minimized. For this purpose, the… read more
    … Results This method was tested and validated on ED visit count data covering over 6 years and aggregated at …