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Comparison between HL7 and Legacy Syndromic Surveillance Data in New York City
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Data from the Emergency Departments (EDs) of 49 hospitals in New York City (NYC) is sent to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) daily as part of the syndromic surveillance system. Currently, thirty-four of the EDs transmit data as… read more -
Comparison of ILINet and ESSENCE for Influenza Surveillance at the Local Level
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ILINet is used nationwide by sentinel healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida Department of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating… read more -
Comparison of Three Critical Syndrome Classifications: Louisiana vs. BioSense
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). IDEpi has the capability to define and… read more -
Computational Method for Epidemic Detection in Multiple populations
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Currently Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employ threshold rules to declare epidemic outbreaks, such as influenza, separately in each population. However each year influenza starts in one population and spreads population-to-… read more -
Creating a Local Geographic Influenza-like Illness Activity Report
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Mapping ILI surveillance data can be useful in identifying the direction and speed of an outbreak and for focusing control measures for an efficient public health response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ILINet currently… read more -
Cutaneous Anthrax surveillance by Person, Place, and Time in Georgia (2008-2013)
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Cutaneous anthrax is endemic in Georgia. The EIDSS program captures notifications from 72 municipal public health centers. It links urgent notification, case investigation data, and laboratory data on an online basis. Eleven virulent and 4 non-… read more -
Demographic Health Analysis by Incorporation of Census Data with Patient Records
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Electronic disease surveillance canonically represents analysis performed on health records with respect to their syndromes, complaints, lab data, etc. This data can tell the story of a patient’s current status but does not provide a holistic look… read more -
Design and Implementation of an Emergency Department (ED) Based Rapid HIV Screening Program
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In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia estimated that approximately 1 million people in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS, and that approximately 25% of these were undiagnosed and unaware of their… read more