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  • Use of Informatics for Understanding Disease Activity in Community

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    Centre for Health Protection (CHP) plans to conduct a pilot project in developing a syndromic surveillance system using data from Emergency Departments (ED) in Hong Kong. This is part of the Communicable Disease Information System initiative, which… read more
    … Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceActivities/ESSENC … [2] Hutwagner L, Browne T, Seeman GM, Fleischauer AT. Com- paring aberration detection methods with simulated …
  • The Feasibility of Using Consultation Diagnosis at Emergency Departments for Syndromic Surveillance

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    We conducted a study to examine the suitability of the data collected at the local emergency departments for use in syndromic surveillance.
    … diagnosis in electronic format using the ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, … department attendance, provisional diagnosis in ICD-9-CM code, demographic data and triage category are stored in … Ninth Revision, Clini- cal Modification (ICD-9-CM) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm Further …