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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
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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 … -
Using Discharge Diagnoses for Early Notification of Reportable Diseases in Georgia
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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
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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
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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. … -
Disease Surveillance among Katrina Evacuees in Shelters - Use of a Web-Based Surveillance System during an Emergency Response
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On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Outside of the affected areas of TX, LA, MS, and AL, GA received the largest number of these evacuees, approximately 125,000. By August 30, 2005, GA began receiving a total of… read more… conditions re- sulted in medical care provided inside (70 refer- rals/1,000 resident-days) and outside (9 refer- … Accessed: May 22, 2006. [2] KM McNeill, et al. Surveillance for …