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  • Identification and Assessment of Repeat Drug Overdose Visits at EDs in Virginia

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    The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) utilizes syndromic surveillance ED data to measure morbidity associated with opioid and heroin overdoses among Virginia residents. Understanding which individuals within a population use ED services for… read more
    … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, … they differ from individuals with a single overdose ED visit. 16 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, …
  • Forming Collaborations through the Data Quality Committee to Address Urgent Incidents

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    On November 20, 2017, several sites participating in the NSSP reported anomalies in their syndromic data. Upon review, it was found that between November 17-18, an EHR vendor’s syndromic product experienced an outage and errors in processing… read more
    … On November 20, 2017, several sites participating in the NSSP reported anomalies in their … DQC, NSSP, a large EHR vendor, and many of the affected sites worked together to identify the core issues, evaluate … Data Quality Committee (DQC) between jurisdictional sites conducting syndromic surveillance, the Centers for …
  • U.S. Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Surveillance: A New Era

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    The 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System (CMRS) has been used for pneumonia and influenza monitoring in the U.S. since the early 20th century. The 122 CMRS is regarded as the timeliest source of mortality data, with the majority of deaths being… read more
    … is listed anywhere on the death certificate; not all sites follow this definition (i.e. some sites only use pneumonia or influenza listed only as the … is listed anywhere on the death certificate; not all sites follow this definition (i.e. some sites only use …
  • Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data

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    Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more
    … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for … recommended the use of real-time data from hospital ED visits. The collection and use of real-time ED visit data on SI and SA could support a more targeted and …
  • Evaluation of the Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System in Singapore 2011-2012

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    MOH's national sentinel surveillance programme for influenza is part of the WHO international laboratory-based surveillance network to detect the emergence and spread of new antigenic variants of influenza viruses. Virological sample collection is… read more
    … sentinel surveillance programme involved a total of 169 sites (18 government primary care clinics and 151 private/general practitioner [GP] … influenza-like illness (ILI) seen at government primary care clinics and private general practitioner clinics in …
  • Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC

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    Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more
    … inten- sive manual data collection process from DMAT sites, and delayed analysis and interpretation of these data … to monitor injury and illness for those presenting for care to ASPR assets such as Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) sites when they are operational in the state. The purpose of …
  • Environmental Surveillance and Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 2 Isolation, Gombe State, Nigeria.

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    Nigeria is the only country in Africa yet to be certified free of Wild Polio Virus (WPV). The country consists of 36 States and a Federal Capital Territory. Gombe is one of the 19 Polio high risk States in the North-eastern geo-political zone of the… read more
    … There has been a gradual increase in the number of ES sites in Nigeria from 2011 to date. The increase is largely … successes recorded in terms of the PV isolation from the sites, PV epidemiology, the large population size and … ES was initiated in Gombe State in December 2016. Four ES sites were identified and sample collection began soon after …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems

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    Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more
    … effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. 5 views Submitted …