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  • Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Based on General Practitioner's Data, SOS Medecins Bordeaux

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    To describe and evaluate the SOS Medecins Bordeaux syndromic surveillance system .
    … system based on general practitioners’ (GP) house visits in the Bordeaux area in collaboration with SOS … GPs network in France, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week [1]. SOS Médecins Bordeaux … representing a total of about 800,000 habitants. For each visit, all health complaints and symptoms reported by …
  • Sensibility and Specificity of Syndromic System for Influenza Based on General Practitioners Network in Gironde, France

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    To determine sensitivity and specificity of syndromic surveillance of influenza based on data from SOS Medecins, a healthcare network of emergency general practitioners (GP) in Bordeaux, France.
    … automatically on a daily basis and information on visits were analysed every day by epidemiologists of the … were compared. RESULTS Over the study period, 81,143 GP’s visits for influenza syndrome were recorded in the area of … (http://www.sosmedecins- france.fr/en/default.htm). Last visit on 10/07/2007. [3] Flahault A, Boussard E, Vibert JF, …
  • Using ESSENCE to Meet Local Needs for Mental Health Data: Query & Results

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    Mental health is a common and costly concern; it is estimated that nearly 20 percent of adults in the United States live with a mental illness [1] and that more money is spent on mental illness than any other medical condition [2]. One spillover… read more
    … (H-CUP) found a 55% increase in emergency department visits for depression, anxiety, and stress reactions between … (H-CUP) found a 55% increase in emergency department visits for depression, anxiety, and stress reactions between …
  • Identifying Clusters of Rare and Novel Words in Emergency Department Chief Complaints

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    A goal of biosurveillance is to identify incidents that require a public health response. The challenge is creating specific definitions of such incidents so they can be detected. In syndromic surveillance, this is accomplished by classifying… read more
    … data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only … data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only …
  • Use of Peripheral Health Units in Low-Transmission Ebola Virus Disease Surveillance

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    Existing EVD surveillance strategies in Sierra Leone use a centralized live alert system to refer suspect cases from the community to Ebola treatment centers. As EVD case burden declined in Port Loko District, so did the number of reported alerts.… read more
    … that health center staff used in recording patient visits. Surveillance methods specific to PHUs were … that health center staff used in recording patient visits. Surveillance methods specific to PHUs were …
  • A County Health Department's Analysis and Dissemination Algorithm of a Neruological Syndrome Aberration to Respective Community Stakeholders

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    The purpose of this study is to depict a local county health departmentís analysis and dissemination algorithm of surveillance system (SS) aberration (alarm) to designated stakeholders within the community.
    … the report is disseminated utilizing either secure fax, email, and/or telephone. The investigator must also assure … [age, sex, zip code, facility location, and time of visit] for possible epidemiological links, (5) Correlated … the alarm determined who would receive the report, and an email was sent to the following; EDs, infection control …
  • Development and Evaluation of a Data-adaptive Algorithm for Univariate Temporal Biosurveillance Data

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    Numerous recent papers have evaluated algorithms for biosurveillance anomaly detection. Common essential problems in the disparate, evolving data environment include trends, day-of-week effects, and other systematic behavior.… read more
    … of authentic outpatient data covering 1402 days of clinic visit counts. Receiver operating characteristic curves were … 2. Brillman JC, et.al. Modeling emergency department visit patterns for infectious disease complaints: results …
  • Use of the Connecticut Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Situational Awareness During Public Health Events

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    In Connecticut (CT), several syndromic surveillance systems have been established by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to detect and monitor potential public health threats. The emergency department syndromic surveillance (EDSS)… read more
    … bump, red spot, follic, pox, derm, rash, zoster. Total visits during the one-week time periods before and after … and were compared to July 2006-June 2008. Monthly visit frequencies and the percentage change in visits were analyzed. RESULTS Anthrax event: ED visits for …