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  • Alabama Department of Public Health–Syndromic Surveillance Monitoring and Improving Data Quality

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Data latency limited the Alabama Department of Public Health’s (ADPH) ability torecognize and respond quickly to public health threats. Despite ADPH’s request that 95% of syndromic surveillance (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24… read more
    … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, …
  • Shelter Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Success Stories

    During the 2017 Houston floods Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed evaluations, but learned it was a very common thing for people to refuse treatment for a variety of… read more
    … Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed … Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more
    … surveillance data was conducted to examine whether ED visits changed among metropolitan Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), … of Ebola virus was confirmed (the “event”). Visits and visit rates by chief complaint before and after the event … Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola Public Health Problem The first …
  • Two Unique Syndromic Surveillance Systems: State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest”

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) uses Health Monitoring Systems’ EpiCenter to collect, manage, and analyze real-time emergency department (ED) data acquired from acute care hospitals and satellite EDs. NJDOH integrates these data into a… read more
    … expert identified a spike in the NJDOH’s hospital ED “Visits of Interest” category based on chief complaint and … team that NSSP ESSENCE identified an uptick in ED “Visits of Interest.” NJDOH’s data analyst assessed the … State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest” The New Jersey Department of Health …
  • Using Online Applications with R to Share Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Since 2009, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has created and disseminated weekly surveillance reports to share seasonal influenza data with the community and our healthcare partners. Surveillance data is formatted into tables and… read more
    … Excel, pasted into a Word document, and shared via email listserv and our website in PDF format. While … is based on: o The proportion of emergency department visits for ILI was 6.24%, above the regional baseline of … for three weeks. o The proportion of outpatient provider visits for ILI was 4.42%, above the regional baseline of …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Medical Surge in Dallas–Fort Worth during Hurricane Harvey, 2017

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, resulting in 88 fatalities and more than $125 billion in damages to infrastructure. In Houston, flooding created a toxic mix of chemicals, sewage, biohazards, and 8 million cubic yards of… read more
    … contributed to increases in emergency department (ED) visits in Houston and cities that received persons … scientists looked at spatial and temporal variation in ED visits to DFW hospitals attributable to the storm. This … Between August 25, 2017, and September 7, 2017, ED visits in the DFW area increased about 4% per day, totaling …
  • Surveillance of Suicide Attempts and Ideation Presenting in Area Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In 2015, Idaho was among the top 10 states for suicides in the United States. Suicide as the cause of death for teens and young adults in Idaho was exceeded only by accidental deaths. On average, one suicide death occurred among all ages every day.… read more
    … attempts or ideation. Emergency department (ED) data on visits involving suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were … were identified by the query and line-by-line review of visit data. Zero to four (mean = 1.17) cases per week were … attempts or ideation. Emergency department (ED) data on visits involving suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were …
  • Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness Among Pinal County Residents in Arizona

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Extreme heat events caused by high environmental temperatures are considered a major cause of weather-related deaths and injury in the United States. These events can result in a spectrum of conditions known as heat-related illnesses (HRIs), which… read more
    … Arizona, HRIs account for more than 2,000 emergency room visits and 118 deaths each year. In 2012, there were a total of 1,572 emergency department visits related to HRIs. Pinal County Public Health Services … tool within the BioSense Platform, and a survey. Hospital visits related to HRI prior to 2017 were investigated using …