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Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Classification Between Two Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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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 … one using a clinician’s classification of reason for visit and the other us- ing an automated chief complaint … The timing of statistical alerts between the systems was com- pared in relation to when sentinel influenza re- … -
Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions
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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 SS syndromes based on the patient’s CC during their ED visit. Document … on the patient’s chief complaint (CC) during their ED visit. Introduction The Duval County Health Department … on hospital staff, cases were matched by ED, date of visit, age, zip code, sex, and race, instead of ESSENCE … -
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… – Poison Control Calls – Health Centers – Urgent Care Visit Volume – Sentinel sites (as needed) Notifiable … – Poison Control Calls – Health Centers – Urgent Care Visit Volume – Sentinel sites (as needed) … Reason'for'Visit’'or'‘Respiratory'+'Measured'Temp'>'99.9˚F.’'' … -
A collaboration to enhance detection of disease outbreaks clustered by time of patient arrival
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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 … -
Use of Syndromic Surveillance during a South Florida Mass Migration Exercise, Broward County
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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… resident and hospital zip code, hospital name, time of visit, and chief complaint text. If clustering of these … -
Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience
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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… either ‘Haiti’ or ‘earthquake’, along with the reason for visit, into appropriate syndrome categories. The intent of …