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  • Leaving a Mobile Footprint: Utilizing Data to Combat the 2017 - 2018 Influenza Season

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    The 2017 - 2018 influenza season was classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as "high severity"™ across all age groups. Furthermore, CDC noted that this was the first year to be categorized as such, with the highest peak… read more
    … public health services including: immunizations, medical visits, dental visits, pet adoptions, mosquito and vector control … public health services including: immunizations, medical visits, dental visits, pet adoptions, mosquito and vector control …
  • Monitoring Spatial Patterns of Adverse Drug Events and Morbidity in New York City Using Syndromic Data Streams

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    Drug-related deaths have increased over the past decade throughout the United States. In New York City (NYC), every year there are approximately 900 psychoactive drug-related fatalities with the majority involving opioids.… read more
    … services ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department (ED) visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … from 50 of 62 NYC hospitals covering >90% of total ED visits and including chief complaints. To define drug events …
  • A Simple Method of Using Linked Health Data in Syndromic Surveillance

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    This paper describes a simple technique for utilizing linked health information in syndromic surveillance. Using knowledge of which patient encounters resulted in laboratory test requests and prescriptions may improve sensitivity and specificity of… read more
    … streams (emergency department chief complaints, clinic visit International Classification of Disease Ninth Revi- … who were assigned certain ICD9 codes during an office visit also received specific laboratory requests and … of linked lab requests and prescriptions filled for each visit. This tally ranged from zero to greater than 9 and was …
  • Norovirus Outbreak Detected by Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance using RedBat

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Health Service Region 8 (HSR 8) encompasses 28 counties in South Central Texas. Of these, 5 counties are covered by a local health department syndromic surveillance system while the remaining… read more
    … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. Objective This abstract describes the use of … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. METHODS On December 5, 2006 a Red Flag in the daily … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. Objective This abstract describes the use of …
  • Using Business Intelligence Tools to Automate Data Capture and Reporting

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    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) serves public health users across NC at the local, regional and state levels, providing early event detection and situational awareness capabilities. At the… read more
    … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, … data feeds daily including emergency department (ED) visits, emergency medical service (EMS) runs, poison center … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, …
  • Web-Based Spatio-Temporal Display of NC DETECT Surveillance Data

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    NC DETECT is the Web-based early event detection and timely public health surveillance system in the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. The reporting system also provides broader public health surveillance reports for… read more
    … surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma,  … health surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma, vaccine- … surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma,  …
  • Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Relation to Temperature

    Content Type: Abstract

    Extreme temperatures are consistently shown to have an effect on CVD-related mortality [1, 2]. A large multi-city study of mortality demonstrated a cold-day and hot-day weather effect on CVD-related deaths, with the larger impact occurring on the… read more
    … of temperature on CVD-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality on a large, … of temperature on CVD-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality on a large, …
  • How Missing Discharge Diagnosis Data in Syndromic Surveillance Leads to Coverage Gaps

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    Indiana utilizes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to collect and analyze data from participating hospital emergency departments. This real-time collection of health related data is… read more
    … electronic submission of chief complaints from patient visits to EDs. Submission of discharge diagnosis is not … electronic submission of chief complaints from patient visits to EDs. Submission of discharge diagnosis is not …