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  • Experience Report: Association Between Flow Chart, Electronic Patient Record and Telephone Monitoring in the Success of Fighting Dengue Fever in the Hospital and Emergency Services in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

    Content Type: Abstract

    Dengue fever is a dynamic infectious disease, allowing the patient to rapidly move from one stage to another during its course. Proper management of patients depends on early recognition of warning signs, continuous monitoring and re-staging cases… read more
    … of these patients decreases the amount of hospital visits for monitoring procedures, also facilitating … of these patients decreases the amount of hospital visits for monitoring procedures, also facilitating …
  • Impact of Patient Self-Registration in Emergency Departments on Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health electronically receives hospital emergency department (ED) data from 180 EDs located in 54 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (… read more
    … patients, which include ED self check-in kiosks, and pre-visit registration smartphone applications and websites. … patients, which include ED self check-in kiosks, and pre-visit registration smartphone applications and websites. …
  • Monitoring Trends of Self-diagnosis in New York City Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    The number of US adults who use the internet to access health information has increased from about 95 million in 2005 to 220 million in 2014. The public health impact of this trend is unknown; in theory, patients may be able to better help the… read more
    … impact of this trend is unknown; in theory, patients may be able to better help the doctor arrive at the correct diagnosis, but self-diagnosed patients may also inappropriately self-treat or delay going to the … impact of this trend is unknown; in theory, patients may be able to better help the doctor arrive at the correct …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to Enhance Arboviral Surveillance in Arizona

    Content Type: Abstract

    Arizona is facing multiple public health threats from arboviral diseases. State and local public health departments are monitoring two mosquito-borne outbreaks within its borders and two in adjacent territories. To prevent transmission, viremic… read more
    … traditional surveillance, however, health departments may not be alerted until the laboratory confirms and reports a positive result, which may take up to 14 days after specimen collection. The … traditional surveillance, however, health departments may not be alerted until the laboratory confirms and reports …
  • Towards Influenza Surveillance in Military Populations Using Novel and Traditional Sources

    Content Type: Abstract

    Influenza-like illness (ILI) remains a significant public health burden to both the general public and the U.S. Department of Defense. Military personnel are especially susceptible to disease outbreaks owing to the often-crowded living quarters,… read more
    … of all ILI-related laboratory specimens and doctor visits for the entire military cohort, a more comprehensive … of all ILI-related laboratory specimens and doctor visits for the entire military cohort, a more comprehensive …
  • Using Health Helpline Mediated Self-Swabbing as a Surveillance Tool for Influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    Currently, three main sources of data are used to monitor the prevalence of influenza in Ontario: Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) FluWatch, Ontario’s Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance (ACES) data and Public Health Ontario’s (PHO) traditional… read more
    … transmission of infection by limiting the number of visits to emergency departments or doctors’ offices, thereby … transmission of infection by limiting the number of visits to emergency departments or doctors’ offices, thereby …
  • Comparison of ILINet and ESSENCE for Influenza Surveillance at the Local Level

    Content Type: Abstract

    ILINet is used nationwide by sentinel healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida Department of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating… read more
    … healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida … healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida …
  • Prospective Spatio-Temporal and Temporal Cluster Detection by Salmonella Serotype

    Content Type: Abstract

    Nontyphoidal Salmonella, consisting of >2,500 distinct serotypes, is the leading bacterial agent of foodborne illness in the U.S., causing an estimated 1 million infections per year. In NYC, interviews of all case-patients (N≈1,100 annually… read more
    … health interventions. We initiated daily analyses in May 2015 to detect spatio-temporal clusters by serotype … to detect purely temporal clusters among cases since May 1. Objective To prospectively identify serotype-specific … health interventions. We initiated daily analyses in May 2015 to detect spatio-temporal clusters by serotype …