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Surveillance of Heat-related Morbidity: Relation to Heat-related Excess Mortality
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The impact of heat on mortality is well documented but deaths tend to lag extreme heat and mortality data is generally not available for timely surveillance during heat waves. Recently, systems for near-real time surveillance of heat illness… read more -
Recommendations for Syndromic Surveillance Using Inpatient and Ambulatory EHR Data
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MUse will make EHR data increasingly available for public health surveillance. For Stage 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations will require hospitals and offer an option for eligible professionals to provide… read more -
Using Electronic Health Records for Public Health Hypertension Surveillance
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Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent chronic condition and strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. HTN is amenable to prevention and control through public and population health programs and policies. Therefore, public and population… read more -
Implementation of a Facility Based County Surveillance System Using Epi Info
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Surveillance in nursing homes (Enserink et al., 2011) and day care facilities (Enserink et al., 2012) has been conducted in the Netherlands, but is not commonly practiced in the United States (Buehler et al., 2008). Outbreaks of illnesses within… read more -
How can we assess the effects of urban environment on obesity using aggregated data?
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Where we live' affects 'How we live'. Information about 'how one lives' collected from the public health surveillance data such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Neighborhood environment surrounding individuals affects their… read more -
Impact assessment of mass gatherings using labelling procedure in ED, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 2016
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The massive flow of people to mass gathering events, such as festivals or sports events like EURO 2016, may increase public health risks. In the particular context of several terrorist attacks that took place in France in 2015, the French national… read more -
Evaluation of Syndrome Algorithms for Detecting Pneumonia Emergency Department Visits
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The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) uses ED syndromic surveillance to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based on ED chief complaints, and more recently was modified… read more -
Epi Evident: Biosurveillance to Monitor, Compare, and Forecast Disease Case Counts
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The Epi Evident application was designed for clear and comprehensive visualization for monitoring, comparing, and forecasting notifiable diseases simultaneously across chosen countries. Epi Evident addresses the taxing analytical evaluation of how… read more