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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 … -
Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee
Content Type: Success Stories
In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more… 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in … provide syndromic data within 48 hours of a patient visit. Although syndromic surveillance often supplements … front-end a. Have them add NPDS tables to ESSENCE SQL back-end b. Add fields to query lists c. Maybe map Generic … -
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… were identified by the query and line-by-line review of visit data. Zero to four (mean = 1.17) cases per week were … 2017. Additional years of data are needed to determine if lack of a temporal pattern is unusual or expected. PHD1 … of methods to sex and age. Syndromic surveillance of ED visit data can provide aggregated and timely information … -
Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers
Content Type: Success Stories
Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more… animal care). He also looked at data by facility of visit occurrence. Combined, he captured any visit to a Kansas emergency department regardless of patient … animal care). He also looked at data by facility of visit occurrence. Combined, he captured any visit to a … -
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… of Ebola virus was confirmed (the “event”). Visits and visit rates by chief complaint before and after the event … of Ebola virus was confirmed (the “event”). Visits and visit rates by chief complaint before and after the event … -
Using Syndromic Data to Examine Flooding
Content Type: Success Stories
Wisconsin experienced severe flooding from August 17 to September 20, 2018. This flood caused an estimated $232 million in damage and affected 21 counties. Floods can have negative health impacts on a population, such as increased skin infections,… read more… that did not fit the case definition. 2 For example, a visit was picked up by the query that said, “No one else in … August 17, 2018 – September 20, 2018 • In total, 297 ED visit cases were identified “Weather/Storm” ED Visits Time … -
Syndromic Surveillance to Monitor Wildfire Events
Content Type: Success Stories
In recent years, Washington State has experienced episodes of degraded air quality from wildfires burning within the state, as well as surrounding states and provinces. Wildfire smoke, particularly the high concentrations of small particulate matter… read more… across the state (maximum and average), total ED visit volume, respiratory effects (e.g., general, asthma, … were removed. For example, timeseries of daily visit counts were converted to visit percent in order to remove the appearance of increases … maximum PM2.5 and smoke-related emergency department visit counts in Washington State. …