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  • Standard Operation Procedures for Three Syndromic Surveillance Systems in Washoe County, Nevada - A Local Perspective

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    Washoe County District Health Department (WCDHD) is a local health district serving nearly 400,000 residents in Washoe County including cities of Reno and Sparks, the second largest urban area in Nevada. To enhance overall public health surveillance… read more
    … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation …
  • Trends in Suspected Opioid Overdoses from Emergency Departments in 11 States and DC

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    Recent reporting using data from CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program indicates that rates of emergency department (ED) visits involving suspected opioid overdoses increased by 70% in the Midwest from the third quarter (Q3) 2016 (July-… read more
    … Program indicates that rates of emergency department (ED) visits involving suspected opioid overdoses increased by 70% … Program indicates that rates of emergency department (ED) visits involving suspected opioid overdoses increased by 70% …
  • Features of Varicella Outbreak in Primary Schools in an Integrated Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China

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    Since April 2012, an integrated syndromic surveillance system (ISSC) has been established in health facilities, pharmacies and primary schools in two rural counties of Jiangxi Province, China (1). The objective of ISSC is to integrate syndromic… read more
    … varicella related school absenteeism and outpatient visits in health facilities in the surveillance sites of … varicella related school absenteeism and outpatient visits in health facilities in the surveillance sites of …
  • Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose

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    A retrospective analysis of emergency department data in NC for drug and opioid overdoses has been explained previously [1]. We built on this initial work to develop new poisoning and surveillance reports to facilitate near real time surveillance by… read more
    … NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code … NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code …
  • Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours

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    In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more
    … of clinic hours’ impact on ED use. METHODS All 2007 ED visits from ESSENCE for the urban public hospital were analyzed for average daily visit volume on weekdays and weekends. The average daily …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

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    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the Bio- Sense application. About 11% of total U.S. ED visits are sent to BioSense, 10% via state or local health … in the Bio- Sense program send emergency department visit in- formation, in addition to these data approximately … also send data regarding inpatient and outpatient visits. Of all emergency department visits during the study …
  • Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza

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    Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more
    … and current estimates of influenza-attributable excess ED visits and deaths in NYC6. From these estimates, we … and extrapolated data, identify the weeks when excess ED visits clearly exceed Serfling model-based thresholds. We … and a conservative assumption of a ~5:1 excess ED visit to death ratio, we estimate that community-wide …
  • Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System

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    Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more
    … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … dromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health …