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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 … -
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 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 … -
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 … -
Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas
Content Type: Success Stories
Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more… taxpayers. A large proportion of oral health-related ED visits are not for trauma but for dental conditions more … only source of ED data, to evaluate what type of patient visits Idaho EDs for non-traumatic dental care and how … data to characterize ED use for non-traumatic dental care visits. The program felt that, if successfully able to …