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  • Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more
    … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for … ED visits. The collection and use of real-time ED visit data on SI and SA could support a more targeted and … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for …
  • 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 … 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

    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 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 …
  • Ratio of Excess ED ILI Visits to Seroprevalence, Influenza A/H1N1 Infection, FL, 2009

    Content Type: Abstract

    A seroprevalence survey carried out in four counties in the Tampa Bay area of Florida (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Pasco) provided an estimate of cumulative incidence of infection due to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) as of the end of that year… read more
    … 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus corresponding to each ED visit for ILI in a four-county area of Florida. Knowing such … 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus corresponding to each ED visit for ILI in a four-county area of Florida. Knowing such …
  • Use of Electronic Health Records to Determine the Impact of Ebola Screening

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since the largest epidemic of Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) in recorded history began in Guinea in December 2013, the epidemic has spread to neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone resulting in an estimation of over 27,000 total cases… read more
    … considerable number of beneficiaries who travel to WA to visit friends and relatives placing them at risk for … considerable number of beneficiaries who travel to WA to visit friends and relatives placing them at risk for …
  • Preliminary Look into the ICD9/10 Transition Impact on Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    On October 1, 2015, the number of ICD codes will expand from 14,000 in version 9 to 68,000 in version 10. The new code set will increase the specificity of reporting, allowing more information to be conveyed in a single code. It is anticipated that… read more
    … existing systems to accommodate the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which … existing systems to accommodate the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which …
  • 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

    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 …