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Classification of errors for quality assurance in the emerging infections program influenza hospitalizations surveillance system
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Emerging Infections Program (EIP) monitors and studies many infectious diseases, including influenza. In 10 states in the US, information is collected for hospitalized … read more… Data are extracted manually by EIP personnel at each site, stripped of personal identifiers and sent to the CDC. … correct these errors via feedback, with the collection sites. Document … Data are extracted manually by EIP personnel at each site, stripped of personal identifiers and sent to the CDC. … -
Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense
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Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more… (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into … but do not quantify the relationship between ILI visits and hospital admissions. Objective The purpose of … between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense AF McIntyre1, L … -
Comparison of the US outpatient influenza-like illness surveillance network and the Google Flu Trends from 2008 to 2010
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http://Google.org developed a regression model that used the volume of influenza-related search queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to estimate the level of ILI… read more… queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to … report weekly ILI activity as the percentage of patient visits to health care providers for ILI from the total number patient visits … best corre- lated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to ILI model to estimate the level of ILI … -
Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance
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During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more… reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … local and state health departments and primary health care providers. The network currently consists of … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, …