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The utility of inpatient data obtained from regional health information organizations for pneumonia and influenza surveillance
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Hospital discharge data received by public health agencies has a reporting lag time of greater than six months. This data is often used retrospectively to conduct surveillance to assess severity of illness and outcome, and for… read more… days, and 96% within 30 days of discharge. There were 26,514 matched patients, who accounted for 99% of the SPARCS … filtered diag- nosis. Fourteen (6.5%) patients did not have a matching ICD-9 filtered SPARCS diagnosis. … well. Adding P and I text filters to RHIO A diagnosis did not significantly improve pneumonia or influenza case … -
The Exploration of Various Methods for Shigella Outbreak Detection
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Shigella remains highly infectious in the United States and rapid detection of Shigella outbreaks is crucial for disease control and timely public health actions. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) implemented a Communicable Disease… read more… except for the cumulative sum-related methods, which used all cases. The sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), positive … created when the case number exceeded the baseline mean, i.e., mean of previous two weeks, plus three standard … 3 HL 64% 90% 27% 98% 33 NBC 43% 80% 11% 96% 56 The SPs did not vary much across six methods while the SE of the PO …