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  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to Rapidly Describe the Early Epidemiology of Flakka Use in Florida, June 2014 – August 2015

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    Syndromic surveillance has historically been used to track infectious disease, but in recent years, many jurisdictions have utilized the systems to conduct all hazards surveillance and provide situational awareness with respect to previously… read more
    … that captures 87% of all emergency department (ED) visits statewide. Objective To characterize flakka usage in … that captures 87% of all emergency department (ED) visits statewide. Objective To characterize flakka usage in …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance to Identify Naled-Related Illness in Florida

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    Pesticide-related illness and injury is a reportable condition in Florida. In August and September 2016, aerial spraying for mosquito control was conducted in an effort to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Miami-Dade County.1 Two… read more
    … complaints data to identify any associated increase in ED visits. Objective: To describe the use of Florida Poison … complaints data to identify any associated increase in ED visits. Objective: To describe the use of Florida Poison …
  • How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu

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    We sought to evaluate the validity of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations (PI) data gathered by our biosurveillance system.
    … we collect include hospital name, date and time of visit, date of discharge, age, sex, home zip code, chief … was intubated or was in the ICU, and a patient and visit key. Data are transmitted daily, but due to delays in … by our biosurveillance system are captured daily for visits that occurred up to just one month earlier. We found …
  • Inventory of syndromic surveillance systems in Europe by the Triple-S Project

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    Triple-S (Syndromic Surveillance Survey, Assessment towards Guidelines for Europe) was launched in 2010 for a 3-year period. Co-financed by the European Commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, the project is coordinated by… read more
    … included mortality surveillance systems. Eight site-visits to existing systems are scheduled between June 2011 … and partici- pants from all European countries, the visits offer an in-depth understanding of a variety of … by the brief questionnaires. The first 4-day site-visit took place in the United Kingdom (Birmingham and …
  • A Novel Approach to Using Chief Complaint-Driven Syndromic Surveillance: Use of CDC's EARS-X by Hospital Infection Control Practitioners

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    Syndromic surveillance has traditionally been used by public health to supplement mandatory disease reporting. The use of chief complaints as a data source is common for early event detection. Though some public health syndromic surveillance systems… read more
    … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, …
  • T-Cube as an Enabling Technology in Surveillance Applications

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    T-Cube is especially useful for rapidly retrieving responses to ad-hoc queries against large datasets of additive time series labeled using a set of categorical attributes. It can be used as a general tool to support any task… read more
    … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits. In this paper we present efficiencies which can be … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits [1,2]. In this paper we present efficiencies which … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits. In this paper we present efficiencies which can be …
  • Influenza messaging and interoperability: the PHLIP assistance team approach

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    An essential theme of the US Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan is interoperability and the ability to effectively exchange information using specific data and technical standards.1 In 2005, in an effort to accelerate the… read more
    … Health Laboratories (APHL), Silver Spring, MD, USA E-mail: jlipsky@TSJG.com Objective This paper describes the … States that were not available to host an onsite PAT visit were given the option of receiving ‘virtual’ support. … 2010, approximately 10 PHLs receiving either an onsite visit or virtual support by the PAT are now sending …
  • Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008

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    Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more
    … zip code, hospital and time of emergency department (ED) visit to explore a potential outbreak. If clustering is … 2008, three small clusters by resident zip code and ED visit time were detected in a southern Miami-Dade County … staff contacted the Director of the shelter and a site visit was conducted on Wednesday, June 18 by MDCHD Office of …