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Validation of Data from Medical Registrations in The Netherlands for Syndromic Surveillance Use: Comparing Respiratory Syndromes with Laboratory Surveillance
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Objective To study if syndromic surveillance would have an added value over existing surveillance systems, we retrospectively evaluated whether known trends in respiratory pathogens are reflected in medical registrations in the… read more -
Variation in Visits Classified by GI ICD9 Biosurveillance Sub-Filters as a Function of Age
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The CDC recently developed sub-syndromes for classifying disease to enhance syndromic surveillance of natural outbreaks and bioterrorism. They have developed ICD9 classifiers for six GI Illness subsyndromes: Abdominal Pain,… read more -
Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS
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Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more -
Visualizing and Monitoring Data in BioSense Using SaTScan
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BioSense data includes Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs ambulatory care diagnoses and procedures, as well as Laboratory Corporation of America lab test orders. Data are mapped to eleven syndrome categories. SaTScan is a spatio-temporal… read more -
Web-Based Spatio-Temporal Display of NC DETECT Surveillance Data
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NC DETECT is the Web-based early event detection and timely public health surveillance system in the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. The reporting system also provides broader public health surveillance reports for… read more -
Acute Gastroenteritis: Contribution of SOS Médecins Network
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In France, the surveillance of GE is performed by several complementary systems including specific and syndromic surveillance systems. The GP’s emergency associations “SOS Médecins” are part of the French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD… read more -
What do GPs Want in Return from a Syndromic Surveillance System?
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In the Northern part of Norway, all General Practitioners (GPs) and hospitals use electronic health records (EHR). They are connected via an independent secure IP-network called the Norwegian Health Network. The newly developed “Snow… read more -
What Happens in Vegas, Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: Traveling Waves of Influenza in the US Elderly Population, 1991-2004
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Influenza is a significant public health problems in the US leading to over one million hospitalizations in the elderly population (age 65 and over) annually. While influenza preparedness is an important public health issue, previous… read more