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  • Comparing Syndromic Data to Discharge Data to Measure Opioid Overdose Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timely and accurate measurement of overdose morbidity using emergency department (ED) data is necessary to inform an effective public health response given the dynamic nature of opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. However, from… read more
    … Data to Measure Opioid Overdose Emergency Department Visits …
  • An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in Northern Illinois

    Content Type: Abstract

    Comparison of heat-related health effects across regions or among different syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. While a national standard for common heat-related syndromes… read more
    … An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in …
  • Comparison of the Disease Surveillance Data Collection Technologies in Tanzania

    Content Type: Abstract

    Tanzania has a disease surveillance infrastructure with national, regional and district offices for human and animal disease surveillance. Electricity shortages and limited communications infrastructure create a challenge for a rapid information… read more
    … In the past few years Tanzania has experienced a cell phone technology revolution presenting new opportunities for … In the past few years Tanzania has experienced a cell phone technology revolution presenting new opportunities for …
  • Meeting Mandatory Infectious Disease Reporting Requirements: The Department of Veterans AffairsÍ Plan

    Content Type: Abstract

    There are currently no federal laws mandating the reporting of infectious diseases to public health authorities. Reporting requirements reside at the state level and such laws do not apply to federal agencies including the VA. Heretofore, VA's… read more
    … and has been accomplished via traditional methods (phone, mail, and fax) that are highly prone to human error, … and has been accomplished via traditional methods (phone, mail, and fax) that are highly prone to human error, …
  • Camera-based, mobile disease surveillance using Convolutional Neural Networks

    Content Type: Abstract

    Infectious diseases present with multifarious factors requiring several efforts to detect, prevent, and break the chain of transmission. Recently, machine learning has shown to be promising for automated surveillance leading to rapid and early… read more
    … for syndromic biosurveillance that would i) use the phone camera to take images of human faces to detect … for syndromic biosurveillance that would i) use the phone camera to take images of human faces to detect …
  • Syndrome Development to Assess IDU, HIV, and Homelessness in MA Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    In Massachusetts, syndromic surveillance (SyS) data have been used to monitor injection drug use and acute opioid overdoses within EDs. Currently, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) SyS captures over 90% of ED visits statewide. These… read more
    … of Public Health (MDPH) SyS captures over 90% of ED visits statewide. These real-time data contain rich … clinical and demographic information used to categorize visits for population level public health surveillance. … have shown elevated rates of opioid overdose related ED visits, Emergency Medical Service incidents, and fatalities …
  • Drowning and Submersion - CDC

    Content Type: Syndrome

    A step-wise article on developing this syndrome definition can be found in the April 2019 NSSP Update https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/news.html This syndrome is an initial attempt at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was… read more
    … into the winter months with a baseline of around 50 visits per week. This trend show some consistency across HHS … of CCQV data (Jan–Nov 2018) were randomly selected and visits manually reviewed. We selected MMWR weeks 1, 13, 17, 19, 27, and 32, and visits for the 6 weeks totaled 1,205. Of these visits, 1,156 …
  • Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina

    Content Type: Abstract

    In North Carolina there has been an escalation of poisoning deaths. In 2011, the number of fatal poisonings was 1,368 deaths, with 91% classified as drug overdoses with the majority of those due to opioid analgesics.[1] Far greater numbers of drug… read more
    … emergency department (ED) or outpatient clinic visits, or resolve without the individual seeking medical … NC collects information on 99.5% of all acute-care ED visits across the state, primarily for syndromic … In this study we used NC DETECT ED data to describe visits due to drug, and more specifically, opioid overdoses. …