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Patterns of Care in Michigan Emergency Departments as Insurance Coverage Expands
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The MSSS, described elsewhere, has been in use since 2003 and records ED chief complaint data. As of September 2014, there were 88/136 hospital EDs enrolled in MSSS, capturing 83% of the annual hospital ED visits in Michigan. On April 1, 2014 the… read more -
Pertussis Surveillance in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Western United States – 2010-2014
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Bordetella pertussis infection (whooping cough) has been on the rise and the most cases in the US since 1955 were reported in 2012 (48,277 or 15.4 per 100,000). Pertussis is highly infectious and can cause serious illness in infants and children as… read more -
Potential Efficacy of Pregnancy Status on HIV Laboratory Reports
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In Louisiana, information contained on electronic laboratory reports is not able to identify the pregnancy status for the majority of HIV-infected women. Laboratories have access to ICD9/ICD10 codes which could provide information about… read more -
Pre-ART Mortality and its Determinants in a Tanzania Public Driven HIV Care Program
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Limited information is available on mortality experience of HIV infected patients prior to the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), as monitoring of HIV care services has mainly focused on ART initiation and subsequent patient survival. By 2013,… read more -
School Health: A Novel School Nurse Clinic Surveillance Project in Coastal Georgia
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The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Georgia Department of Public Health collects chief complaint data from hospitals to characterize health trends in near real time. These data were critical for situational awareness during the 2009 H1N1… read more -
So Long and Thanks for All the EARS: Lessons Learned from Tennessee’s Ongoing Syndromic Surveillance Transition
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Syndromic surveillance generally refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Originally conceived as a tool for the early detection of potential bioterrorism… read more -
Social Mobilization Dengue Hemorrhagic Vector Control and Sustainability in Indonesia
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Dengue Hemorrhagic fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in Indonesia and the most rapidly spreading over the past 40 years. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially among children. Beside of that, larval habitats… read more -
Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests
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Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more