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  • Burns Reported to the BioSense System During the Independence Day Holiday

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    Each year, more than two-thirds of all fireworksrelated injuries occur during June 16-July 16 [1]. During the 2006 July 4th holiday weekend, thousands of people were treated in emergency departments (EDs) for fireworks-related injuries [2]. Over 50… read more
    … receives near real-time data from >11% of total U.S. ED visits. Most data is sent to BioSense by state or local … receives near real-time data from >11% of total U.S. ED visits. Most data is sent to BioSense by state or local … July 4th, 5th, or both days. Among these four areas, burn visit counts ranged from 24 to 36 per day and rates from …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … these patients also generated emergency department (ED) visits on arrival. Objective To describe the public health … these patients also generated emergency department (ED) visits on arrival. Methods Two Florida disease surveillance … either ‘Haiti’ or ‘earthquake’, along with the reason for visit, into appropriate syndrome categories. The intent of …
  • Absenteeism Among Employees in a Southeastern Ontario Hospital: A Novel Application of Syndromic Surveillance

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    Sickness absence is particularly pronounced within health care organizations where job demands and work environment expose workers to an increased risk of illness and injury, potentially leading to an inability to attend work.… read more
    … Objective 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … 1) To identify and describe Occupational Health (OH) visits (overall and specific conditions) among full-time … the databases. The conditions/ syndromes within the OH visit data are pre- determined by the system, and classified …
  • ESSENCE Version 2.0: The Department of Defense's Worldwide Syndromic Surveillance System Receives Several Enhancements

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    ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health System’s (MHS) 9 million beneficiaries resulting in approximately 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released … read more
    … 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE Version … 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide [1]. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE … laboratory results, disposition codes, reason for visit/chief complaints, vital sign data, and additional …
  • Clinical Versus Public Health Perceptions of Notifiable Disease Reporting Burden

    Content Type: Abstract

    The importance transmitting clinical information to public health for disease surveillance is well-documented. Conventional reporting processes require health care providers to complete paper-based notifiable condition reports which are transmitted… read more
    … condition reports which are transmitted by fax and mail to public health agencies. These processes result in … condition reports which are transmitted by fax and mail to public health agencies. These processes result in …
  • Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot

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    The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more
    … USA; and 7McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: drolson@gmail.com Objective To describe the initial phase of the … Selected Distribute health department sites were sent an email inviting them to participate in the pilot. Sites were …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

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    In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more
    … system (PHESS) receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … Indiana’s PHESS receives approximately 5,000 daily ED visits as real-time HL7 formatted surveillance data from 55 … deadly tornado struck southern Indiana in 2005. As the ED visit volumes climbed, no false alerts were triggered for …
  • Using a real time syndromic surveillance system to track heat related illnesses during a heat wave

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    In 2004, the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), which serves a county population over 890,000, began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … disease outbreaks. Today, about 1600 emergency department visits occur daily in Marion County's 14 emergency … disease outbreaks. Today, about 1600 emergency department visits occur daily in Marion County’s 14 emergency … the Emergency Operations Center three times a day via e-mail. The query used the following terms: ‘ˆheatˆ, or, …