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Evaluation of Syndrome Algorithms for Detecting Pneumonia Emergency Department Visits
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The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) uses ED syndromic surveillance to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based on ED chief complaints, and more recently was modified… read more -
Epi Evident: Biosurveillance to Monitor, Compare, and Forecast Disease Case Counts
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The Epi Evident application was designed for clear and comprehensive visualization for monitoring, comparing, and forecasting notifiable diseases simultaneously across chosen countries. Epi Evident addresses the taxing analytical evaluation of how… read more -
Are the French SAMU data relevant for health surveillance?
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The syndromic surveillance SurSaUD® system developed by Sante© publique France, the French National Public Health Agency collects daily data from 4 data sources: emergency departments (OSCOUR® ED network), emergency general practioners (SOS Medecins… read more -
Using Scan Statistic to Detect Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data
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Early detection of heroin overdose clusters is important in the current battle against the opioid crisis to effectively implement prevention and control measures. The New York State syndromic surveillance system collects hospital emergency… read more -
Medicaid claims data to supplement Zika-related birth defects case identification
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As a part of the Zika Birth Defects Surveillance, a national effort coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NYC is conducting enhanced surveillance of all births with defects included in the congenital Zika syndrome (CZS… read more -
Increase of Scarlet fever in March 2017 in France: right or wrong signal?
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Since 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD® coordinated by the French Public Health Agency (Sante publique France) daily collects morbidity data from two data sources: the emergency departments (ED) network Oscour® and the… read more -
Revitalizing the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN)
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The Global Public Health Intelligence Network is a non-traditional all-hazards multilingual surveillance system introduced in 1997 by the Government of Canada in collaboration with the World Health Organization.1 GPHIN software collects news… read more -
A proposed SyS Case Definition for Opioid Overdose Related ED visits- an evaluation in three regions
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Opioid ODs have been rising globally and nationally. The death rate from ODs in the United States has increased 137% since 2000, including a 200% increase of OD deaths involving opioids1. The pilot project, a collaboration across 3 states, allowed… read more