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Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions
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Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more… a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department syndromic … a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department (ED) syndromic … periods and epidemics. Use of the common syndrome did not have an overall or systematic cost in terms of … -
Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age
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Epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major contributor to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and norovirus epidemics present a significant burden annually, with their predominant impact in temperate climates occurring… read more… pre- and postlicensure periods were compared. Results All jurisdictions submitting AGE data to Distribute … and the contribution of norovirus, 1996�2007. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52: 466�74. … and as a composite mean ratio (thick black lines). The top graph shows relative increase for ED visits among all … -
Syndromic Surveillance from a Local Perspective: A Review of the Literature
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Public health disease surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data for use in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health, with the overarching goal of providing… read more… the systems and processes have changed dramatically due to advances in information and communication technology, … the systems and processes have changed dramatically due to advances in information and communication technology, … -
How good is your data?
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Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more… terms of timeliness and completion, and completion rates did not necessarily correlate with accuracy. In our talk, we … syndromic surveillance data and, in particular, how the Dis- tribute project can be leveraged to improve the quality … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … -
Visualizing Data Quality: Tools and Views
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Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health department… read more… permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Rapid ad-hoc cross-jurisdictional sharing of syndrome data using Distribute technology
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Cross-jurisdictional sharing of public health syndrome data is useful for many reasons, among them to provide a larger regional or national view of activity and to determine if unusual activity observed in one jurisdiction is atypical. Considerable… read more… permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …