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  • Investigating Syndromic Peaks Using Remotely Available Electronic Medical Records

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    One limitation of syndromic surveillance systems based on emergency department (ED) data is the time and expense to investigate peak signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical… read more
    … signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical … signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical … or absence of selected pertinent data elements for each visit, and also to assign each visit to one or more defined …
  • Automated Monitoring of Asthma Using the BioSense System

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    In 2006, approximately 6.8 million children and 16.1 million adults were reported to have asthma in the US. The CDC BioSense System currently receives data from >540 hospital emergency departments (EDs; 522 send patient chief… read more
    … diagnoses), and captures about 11% of all U.S. ED visits.   OBJECTIVE To describe the potential utility of … diagnoses), and captures about 11% of all U.S. ED visits. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of ED … age group comprised 39% of asthma visits. Below age 19, visit rates were higher among males and above age 19, rates …
  • Construction of an Indicator for Syndromic Surveillance of Gastroenteritis using Data from a General Practitioner Network, Bordeaux, France

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    In France, surveillance of seasonal gastroenteritis uses to be monitored by an information system based on a computer network of physicians so called Sentinel Network (1). Regionally, the use of this system as limitations. SOS Medecin is an… read more
    … in many French cities, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. In Bordeaux, this … a daily transmission of every diagnostic related to their visits. Objective To construct an indicator adapted for … in many French cities, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. In Bordeaux, this …
  • Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions

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    Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more
    … historical data consisting of total and ILI-related daily visit counts by age group (B2, 2�4, 5�17, 18�44, 45�64 and … time-series, subsyndrome and age-specific distribution of visits and signal-to-noise measures. Results We found less … pubmed/21894257. *Don Olson E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (page number not for citation …
  • Evaluation of a post earthquake internally displaced persons surveillance system (IDPSS) - Haiti, 2010

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    On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing 4230 000 persons and placing an estimated 1.5 million into internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. IDPs are at increased risk for communicable diseases resulting… read more
    … tally sheets are totaled and sent to the MSPP by E-mail or on paper for those without internet connection. Each … Publique et de la Population, Port-au-Prince , Haiti E-mail: asprecher@cdc.gov Objective We evaluated internally … tally sheets are totaled and sent to the MSPP by E-mail or on paper for those without internet connection. Each …
  • In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists

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    The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more
    … included them all [1-4]. We used the top 20 ‘Reasons for Visits’ (RFV) from the 2005 Emergency Department Sum- mary … other (lacerations, accident nos, and injury other and un- specified type – head, neck, and face). CONCLUSION The … Med 2001; 8(10):980-989. [5]Schneider, D ‘A Reason for Visit Classification for Ambulatory Care’ US DHEW …
  • Health Effects of LA county Wildfires in October 2007

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    Determine if poor air quality resulting from wildfires could be measured in the general population by monitoring smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits.
    … smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits. Document … smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits. BACKGROUND October 20, 2007 marked the beginning of … week of November to further quantify the change in ED visit frequency resulting from the poor air quality. RESULTS …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Boston: Validating the Detection of Small Events and Integrating Response from a Local Health Department

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    The interpretation of aberrations detected by syndromic surveillance is critical for success, but poses challenges for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the response of the… read more
    … (BPHC) to a cluster of emergency department (ED) visits in children detected by syndromic surveillance. … (BPHC) to a cluster of emergency department (ED) visits in children detected by syndromic surveillance. … complaint and demographic data are received for each visit; chief complaints are then grouped into eight syndrome …