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  • Administrative and syndromic surveillance data can enhance public health surveillance

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    Healthcare data, including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health community for multiple purposes, including programmatic and surveillance activities. These data are collected through… read more
    … including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health … ESSENCE, also includes additional types of healthcare visit (e.g., urgent care) data. Although NSSP is designed to … including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health …
  • A Syndrome Track and Reporting System in Hillsborough County Florida: Findings from a Systematic Evaluation

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    One of the first county-wide syndromic surveillance systems in the nation, the Syndromic Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) has been in operation since 11/01/2001, and now covers Hillsborough, Pinellas and Collier counties.… read more
    … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … revealed the weakness of some algorithms (e.g. C1). The lack of a consistent and unified communication channel and …
  • Finding Time-of-Arrival Clusters of Exposure-Related Visits to Emergency Departments in Contiguous Hospital Groups

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    Time-of-arrival (TOA) surveillance methodology consists of identifying clusters of patients arriving to a hospital emergency department (ED) with similar complaints within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently… read more
    … within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently conducted by the Florida Department … within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently conducted by the Florida Department … types of exposures. For each hospital, time series of visit counts from 1 hour cells, based on patient …
  • Open Source Development of Syndromic Investigation Decision Support Tools

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    Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS), a syndromic surveillance system created by the University of Pittsburgh has been used in Ohio by the state and local health departments since late 2003. There are currently 133… read more
    … date admitted, age, gender, zip code, hospital name, visit number, chief complaint, and syndrome. The HMS-RODS … date admitted, age, gender, zip code, hospital name, visit number, chief complaint, and syndrome. The HMS-RODS … date admitted, age, gender, zip code, hospital name, visit number, chief complaint, and syndrome. The HMS-RODS …
  • Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance

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    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information… read more
    … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each …
  • Temporo-spatial surveillance of influenza-like illness: preliminary results from the Idaho infectious disease reporting network

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    Current influenza-like illness (ILI) monitoring in Idaho is based on syndromic surveillance using laboratory data, combined with periodic person-to-person reports collected by Idaho state workers. This system relies on voluntary … read more
    … Patient Record System (CPRS) captures real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and … data in an automated fashion. CPRS captures real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and lab … Patient Record System (CPRS) captures real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and …
  • An information visualization approach to improving data quality

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    The Public Health - Seattle & King County syndromic surveillance system has been collecting emergency department (ED) data since 1999. These data include hospital name, age, sex, zip code, chief complaint, diagnoses (when available), disposition… read more
    … (when available), disposition, and a patient and visit key. Data are collected for 19 of 20 King County EDs, … diagnoses (when available), disposition and a patient and visit key. Data are collected for 19 of 20 King County EDs, … (when available), disposition, and a patient and visit key. Data are collected for 19 of 20 King County EDs, …
  • Using a Syndromic Approach to Monitor Alcohol-Related Visits of College-Aged Emergency Department Patients

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    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1… read more
    … ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). …