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  • Comparing Syndromic Surveillance and Poison Center Data for Snake Bites in Missouri

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    In 2010, there were 4,796 snake bite exposures reported to Poison Centers nationwide (1). Health care providers frequently request help from poison centers regarding snake envenomations due to the unpredictability and complexity of prognosis and… read more
    … maintains a surveillance database keeping track of every phone call received. ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance … in Missouri (accounting for approximately 90% of all ED visits statewide). Since calling a poison center is … maintains a surveillance database keeping track of every phone call received. ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Based on Emergency Visits: A Reactive Tool for Unusual Events Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    The late health events such as the heat wave of 2003 showed the need to make public health surveillance evolve in France. Thus, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance has developed syndromic surveillance systems based on several… read more
    … Syndromic Surveillance Based on Emergency Visits: A Reactive Tool for Unusual Events Detection …
  • Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like Illness Outbreaks?

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    This paper describes HHC outpatient data and evaluates the performance for early influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreak detection. We compare its detection ability to that of the emergency department (ED) data and of the two data sources… read more
    … Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like …
  • A proposed SyS Case Definition for Opioid Overdose Related ED visits- an evaluation in three regions

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    Opioid ODs have been rising globally and nationally. The death rate from ODs in the United States has increased 137% since 2000, including a 200% increase of OD deaths involving opioids1. The pilot project, a collaboration across 3 states, allowed… read more
    … SyS Case Definition for Opioid Overdose Related ED visits- an evaluation in three regions …
  • Towards Linking Anonymous Authorship in Casual Sexual Encounter Ads

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    The increasing use of the Internet to arrange sexual encounters presents challenges to public health agencies formulating STD interventions, particularly in the context of anonymous encounters. These encounters complicate or break traditional… read more
    … to bypass Craigslist filters, which prohibit including phone numbers in personal ads. By matching phone numbers of this type across all ads, we can create a … to bypass Craigslist filters, which prohibit including phone numbers in personal ads. By matching phone numbers of …
  • Impact of Users’ Experience with a Web-Based Reporting Portal on Timeliness and Quality of Reporting

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    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (NYC DOHMH) Division of Disease Control (DDC) conducts surveillance of more than 90 specific diseases and conditions and relies on both provider reports and electronic laboratory reports… read more
    … including through mailing or faxing paper forms, phone calls, and Reporting Central (RC). In 2016, providers … including through mailing or faxing paper forms, phone calls, and Reporting Central (RC). In 2016, providers …
  • Update from CDC's Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)

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    The practice of public health surveillance is evolving as electronic health records (EHRs) and automated laboratory information systems are increasing adopted, as new approaches for health information exchange are employed, and as new health… read more
    … by declining response rates despite the addition of cell-phone sampling. While new technologies hold promise for … by declining response rates despite the addition of cell-phone sampling. While new technologies hold promise for …
  • Kidenga: Public engagement for detection and prevention of Aedes -borne viral diseases

    Content Type: Abstract

    Zika, chikungunya, and dengue have surged in the Americas over the past several years and pose serious health threats in regions of the U.S. where Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquito vectors occur. Ae. aegypti have been detected up to 6 months… read more
    … traditional surveillance. We developed Kidenga, a mobile phone app and participatory surveillance system, to address … traditional surveillance. We developed Kidenga, a mobile phone app and participatory surveillance system, to address …