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  • Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 a conservative assumption of a ~5:1 excess ED visit to death ratio, we estimate that community-wide … based on 1-wk illness to death lag and ~5:1 excess ED visit/deaths1918. Red squares indicate %cAR for week of …
  • How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … the urban public hospital were analyzed for average daily visit volume on weekdays and weekends. The average daily visit volume per hour on weekdays and week- ends was …
  • An Exploration of New Uses of Traditional Data within an Ecological Study: Air Quality Effects on Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation Analysis

    Content Type: Abstract

    Under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the DC DOH established the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHTP) to monitor specific environmental and public health indicators and to investigate any… read more
    … addition, spatial analysis by zip code was performed. ED visit rates by zip code were derived using the 2000 US census data. ED visit data from zip codes with more than 30% of children in …
  • Use of syndromic surveillance systems for oral health surveillance

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    National and state surveillance systems for oral health have relied on sample-based screenings and self-reported surveys.1 Recent publications suggest the need and potential for use of data from syndromic surveillance systems and insurers to monitor… read more
    … related to tooth decay, gum diseases, and oral abscesses. Visit records were deduplicated by a system generated unique … coverage among reporting hospital systems; visit-based rates can be calculated for all participating …
  • Check! Explore barriers and solutions to data sharing to BioSense 2.0

    Content Type: Abstract

    The benefits of inter-jurisdictional data sharing have been touted as a hallmark of BioSense 2.0, a cloud-based computing platform for syndromic surveillance. A key feature of the BioSense 2.0 platform is the ability to share data across… read more
    … increasingly accessible to PHAs. For every PHA, 100% ED visit coverage is an achievable goal and the tools for … participating in and providing emergency department visit data to the nationwide BioSense 2.0 syndromic … case definitions using electronic emergency department visit data records; 2. Applied and evaluated analysis plans …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of ICD-9 Based Syndromic Surveillance System in a Rural Emergency Department, Michigan 2004

    Content Type: Abstract

    The use of syndromic surveillance systems to assist with the timely detection of unusual health events first occurred prior to the events of September 11, 2001. In the State of Michigan a pilot project with emergency departments began collecting… read more
    … in subgroups including sex, age group, day of week of visit, month of visit, and resi- dency status to determine significant …
  • Influenza messaging and interoperability: the PHLIP assistance team approach

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … 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 …