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A Timeliness Study of Disease Surveillance Data Post ELR Implementation in Houston
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Since 2009, Houston Health Department (HHD) uses an electronic disease surveillance system (Maven) to receive ELRs from reporting facilities in the Houston jurisdiction. Currently, two large hospital systems, a blood bank, two large commercial labs… read moreUsing Syndromic Surveillance Data for Enhanced Case-Capture of Conditions of Public Health Interest
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Syndromic surveillance can be a useful tool for the early recognition of outbreaks and trends in emergency department (ED) data. In addition, as a more timely data source than traditional disease reporting, syndromic data may also be… read moreUsing the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS) to Analyze Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance and Influenza Rapid Test Reports
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The South Carolina (SC) Department of Health and Environmental Control uses multiple surveillance systems to monitor influenza activity from October to May of each year, including participating in the U.S. Influenza Sentinel Providers Surveillance… read moreUsing the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce both the Delay and the Workload Required to Detect and Influenza Epidemic
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Measures aimed at controlling epidemics of infectious diseases critically benefit from early outbreak recognition. Through a manual electronic medical record (EMR) review of 5,127 outpatient encounters at the Veterans… read moreUsing the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System
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Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read moreUsing UMLS Semantic Network to Identify Search Terms for Biosurveillance
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The variability of free text emergency department (ED) data is problematic for biosurveillance, and current methods of identifying search terms for symptoms of interest are inefficient as well as time- and labor-intensive. Our ad… read moreUtility of 911 Ambulance Dispatch Data for the Syndromic Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness in Toronto, Ontario, 2002-2005
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Although the majority of work in syndromic surveillance has been its application to bioterrorism and infectious diseases, one of the emerging priorities for its use is for the monitoring of environmental health conditions. Heat-… read moreUtility of ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes for Public Health Surveillance
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ICD-9-CM codes have been proposed to be used as adjuncts to existing public health reporting systems and are commonly used for public health surveillance and research purposes. However these codes have been found to have variable… read more