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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… contribute syndromic surveillance (SS) chief complaint (CC) data to the Electronic Surveillance System for Early … of NDC to identify related emergency department (ED) visits and subsequent CC-based syndrome categorization. … of SS syndromes based on the patient’s CC during their ED visit. Document … -
Implementation of the BioDefend Syndromic Surveillance System: Electronic Format versus Web-Based Data Entry
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Bioterrorism surveillance is an integral component of DCHD’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. This study was a collaborative effort between Duval County Health Department, University of South Florida’s Center for Biological Defense (CBD),… read more… DCHD’s role in the project was to identify surveillance sites, involve community partners, share data/info with … DCHD’s role in the project was to identify surveillance sites, involve community partners, share data/info with … been established and tested at each facility and health care providers were trained, the surveillance site started … -
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 … Surveillance & Influenza Test Performed; (% Provider ILI visits (blue), % BD ILI (green), %ES- SENCE ILI (red) ). … -
BioDefend Syndromic Surveillance System Influenza Activity Detection
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Many syndromic surveillance systems have been developed and are operational, yet lack concise guidelines for investigating and conducting followups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department visits from six reporting hospitals… read more… followups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department visits from six reporting hospitals in the Duval County area … ups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department (ED) visits from six reporting hospitals in the Duval County area … increase was observed in statewide sentinel provider ILI visits coincidently with an overall increase in laboratory … -
Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View
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This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more… included were the legal issues regarding medical re- cord access, different types of algorithms used in various …