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  • School Health: A Novel School Nurse Clinic Surveillance Project in Coastal Georgia

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    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Georgia Department of Public Health collects chief complaint data from hospitals to characterize health trends in near real time. These data were critical for situational awareness during the 2009 H1N1… read more
    … demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include … and to characterize the type and number of student visits to the school nurses. An electronic module was … and to characterize the type and number of student visits to the school nurses. An electronic module was …
  • A comparison of syndromic surveillance chief complaint data and discharge data in a pediatric hospital system during 2009 H1N1

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section of the Georgia Division of Public Health, provides electronic influenza- like- illness (ILI) data to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention… read more
    … hospital system identified when the percentage of daily visits for ILI had substantively increased. The … ILI by MMWR Week 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 …
  • Responding to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: An Adaptable Protocol for Georgia Health Districts

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although many syndromic surveillance (SS) systems have been developed and implemented, few have included response protocols to guide local health jurisdictions when alerts occur [1,2]. SS was first implemented in GA during the 2004 G-8 Summit. Six… read more
    … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. Document … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. BACKGROUND Although many syndromic surveillance … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. … 501 … Responding to Syndromic Surveillance …
  • Using Discharge Diagnoses for Early Notification of Reportable Diseases in Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Georgia DPH has used its State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) Syndromic Surveillance (SS) module to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia for… read more
    … to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia … to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance Alert Protocols for Epidemiologic Response in Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    DPH uses its State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) Syndromic Surveillance (SS) Module to collect, analyze and display results of emergency department patient chief complaint data from hospitals throughout Georgia.… read more
    … review by District Epidemiologists (DEs) to events that may warrant a public health response (1). Submitted by Magou … review by District Epidemiologists (DEs) to events that may warrant a public health response (1). … Using Syndromic …
  • Improving Timeliness of Georgia Emergency Room Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timeliness of emergency room (ER) data is arguably its strongest attribute in terms of its contribution to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. There are a number of studies that… read more
    … to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. … to disease surveillance. Timely data analyses may improve the efficacy of prevention and control measures. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance and Influenza-like Illness in Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    There are multiple sources of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data within the state of Georgia. These include laboratory surveillance for influenza viruses, sentinel providers that report ILI, pneumonia and… read more
    … significance. The Fever+Flu syndrome, which includes ED visits for febrile and viral illnesses, is used to monitor … and geographic information are re- ceived on each ED visit. Frequencies and percentage of all visits were calculated for daily and/or weekly Fever+Flu ED …
  • The Impact of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees from Louisiana and Mississippi on Georgia Emergency Departments: Syndromic Surveillane and Disasters

    Content Type: Abstract

    On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall just east of New Orleans, LA at 6:10AM CST and again at the LA/MS border at 10:00AM CST as a Category 3 hurricane, causing mass destruction along their coastlines. The devastation in LA and MS… read more
    … RESULTS There was a 7-fold increase in the rate of ED visits by LA and MS residents from the pre- to the post- … correlations were noted between the number of ED visits by individual zip codes and their racial, poverty, or … 0.2059 Mental Health 1 0.6 1 0.7 0.9508 Nausea/Vomit 4 2.6 5 3.5 0.6374 Other 86 55.1 82 57.3 0.9508 Advances in …