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  • Rabies Exposure and PEP - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on Rabies Exposure and Rabies PEP S Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge Diagnosis History OR… read more
    … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge …
  • Occupational Tree Related Injuries - New Jersey Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to help capture tree-related injuries during severe weather events. Extreme weather events require extensive tree removal and disposal, activities associated with severe injury risks among workers and residents.… read more
    … System – EpiCenter Data Source – Emergency Department visits Fields Used – Chief complaint saw OR branch OR wood … System – EpiCenter Data Source – Emergency Department visits Fields Used – Chief complaint …
  • Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more
    … epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter … of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, USA E-mail: saslam@dhmh.state.md.us Objective The purpose of this … epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter …
  • Fast Graph Structure Learning from Unlabeled Data for Outbreak Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    Disease surveillance data often has an underlying network structure (e.g. for outbreaks which spread by person-to-person contact). If the underlying graph structure is known, detection methods such as GraphScan (1) can be used to identify an… read more
    … the time series of observed counts (e.g. daily hospital visits for each zip code). Objective Our goal is to learn … the time series of observed counts (e.g., daily hospital visits for each zip code). Methods Our solution builds on … J R Stat Soc (Ser B). 2011, to appear. *Sriram Somanchi E-mail: somanchi@cmu.edu page number not for citation purpose …
  • Early Detection and Integrated Response to Seasonal Influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    A syndromic surveillance system has been implemented at Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health in Kingston Ontario as part of a pilot project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Public Health Division… read more
    … (implemented since SARS) for Emergency Department (ED) visits and information detailing hospital admissions.   … 2/1/2006 3/1/2006 4/1/2006 Positive Influenza Alerts ED Visits by Syndrome (3 day MA) Lab Results 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 31, 2005 - Alert circulated based on - increasing ED visits for respiratory syndrome - increasing FRI positive …
  • Inpatient Data: A New Frontier in VA Biosurveillance and Public Health Monitoring from the Electronic Health Record

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Affairs (VA) ESSENCE obtains electronic health record data from 152 medical centers plus clinics in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the Philippines. ESSENCE analyzes ICD-9 diagnosis codes and demographic data from outpatient and… read more
    … demographic data from outpatient and emergency department visits using complex aberrancy-detection algorithms. In … data from outpatient and emergency department (ED) visits using complex aberrancy-detection algorithms (1). In … Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:1576�9. *Cynthia Lucero E-mail: cynthia.lucero@va.gov (page number not for citation …
  • Monitoring Pharmacy Retail Data for Anomalous Space-Time Clusters

    Content Type: Abstract

    Bio-surveillance systems monitor multiple data streams (over-the-counter (OTC) sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. influenza) and bio-terrorist attacks (e.g. anthrax re-lease). Many detection… read more
    … (over-the-counter (OTC) sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. … multiple data streams (OTC sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. … the system involved sending alert reports to users via e-mail. To improve users’ ability to evaluate outbreaks, alert …
  • Preparing Biosurveillance Data for Classic Monitoring

    Content Type: Abstract

    Modern surveillance systems use statistical process control (SPC) charts such as Cumulative Sum and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average charts for monitoring daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits,… read more
    … daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits, sales of medications, and doctors’ office visits. The working assumption is that such pre-clinical … daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits, sales of medications, and doctors’ office visits. …