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  • Administrative and syndromic surveillance data can enhance public health surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Healthcare data, including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health community for multiple purposes, including programmatic and surveillance activities. These data are collected through… read more
    … including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health … in NSSP, and the estimated nationalp ercentage of ED visits covered by the NSSP BioSense platform is 54%. NSSP’s … in NSSP, and the estimated nationalp ercentage of ED visits covered by the NSSP BioSense platform is 54%. NSSP’s …
  • Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

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    The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOH- Hillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL… read more
    … primary ESSENCE-FL users in each county containing all visits which have been detected by the state’s visits of interest (VOI) query. The email contains all visits which have been detected by the visits of interest …
  • Monitoring for Local Transmission of Zika Virus using Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The first travel-associated cases of Zika virus infection in New York City (NYC) were identified in January 2016. Local transmission of Zika virus from imported cases is possible due to presence of Aedes albopictus mosquitos. Timely detection of… read more
    … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … …
  • Development of Syndrome Definitions for Acute Unintentional Drug and Heroin Overdose

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    Nationally, deaths due to opioid overdose have continually increased for the past 15 years . Deaths specifically related to heroin increased more than four-fold between 2002 and 2014. Hospital inpatient discharge data provide information on non… read more
    … include a significant lag in reporting time. Syndromic ED visit data provide near real-time identification of public … unspecified substances among emergency department (ED) visits in Virginia. Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Sat, … unspecified substances among emergency department (ED) visits in Virginia. … Development of Syndrome Definitions …
  • Impact of Demographics on Healthcare Utilization

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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was promoted with two goals: expanding health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare costs. Expanded coverage is expected to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable… read more
    … to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable primary care physician visits. If uninsured patients use the local ED more often … fit this model of ED usage. In one study, nonurgent ED visits were mainly the result of patient uncertainty about …
  • Unintentional Drug Overdoses in Virginia: Analysis of Syndromic and Death Data

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    Drug overdoses and related deaths have been escalating nationally since 1970. In Virginia, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased 36% from 5.0 to 6.8 deaths per 100,000 population between 1999 and 2010. While initiated for bioterrorism event… read more
    … shown utility when extended to other health issues. ED visits may complement information from Overdose Deaths … by analyzing trends of emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional drug overdose (Overdose Visits) in …
  • Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health

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    Community health assessments are a foundation of public health practice and a prerequisite to achieving public health accreditation. Best practice dictates that CHAs must incorporate qualitative and quantitative data and utilize a number of… read more
    … a detailed picture of a community’s health. Metrics may describe demographics, social and economic factors, … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … entities will become standard. Analysis of emergency room visit data, either in aggregate or by specific syndromes, …
  • Comparing Emergency Department Gunshot Wound Data with Mass Casualty Shooting Reports

    Content Type: Abstract

    Shootings with multiple victims are a concern for public safety and public health. The precise impact of such events and the trends associated with them is dependent on which events are counted. Some reports only consider events with multiple deaths… read more
    … events are based on media reports of shootings which may or may not capture the complete set of events that meet … for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement … for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement …