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  • Discover the 2014 ISDS Conference

    Content Type: Webinar

    Whether you are planning on attending the ISDS Conference for the first time this December or you have been attending since 2002, the ISDS Scientific Program Committee invites you to discover the 2014 ISDS Conference! This webinar will highlight the… read more
    …  Day  2   •  Check  the  conference  website  and  your  email  for  upcoming  conference   announcements:   … Conference   •  Ian  Painter  &  Jose  Lojo:  ian.painter@gmail.com,   jose.lojo@phila.gov     ScholarOne:  use  “Get …
  • The use of NC DETECT ED data to examine heat-related illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC DETECT provides near-real-time statewide surveillance capacity to local, regional and state level users across NC with twice daily data feeds from 119 (99%) emergency departments (EDs), hourly updates from the statewide poison center, and daily… read more
    … (keyword). The ICD-9-CM report captures the most visits for HRI compared with the HRI keyword and dehydration … line-listing data were used to assign each HRI ED visit to one of the following categories: …
  • Map application to the New York state electronic syndromic surveillance system

    Content Type: Abstract

    The primary goal of the Electronic Syndromic Surveillance system (ESSS) is to monitor trends in non-specific symptoms of illness at the community level in real time. The ESSS includes emergency department chief complaint data that are categorized… read more
    … map, counts of emergency department fever syndrome visits are aggregated, and displayed as a rate (per 100,000 … the population in that ZIP Code. The fever syndrome visit rates are denoted by three levels of colored dots. In … population in that ZIP Code, and the fever syndrome visit rate (Figure 1). The second component of the …
  • Post-disaster Surveillance Following the Tsunami in Japan: BioSense 2011

    Content Type: Abstract

    The CDC's BioSense Program receives near real-time health care utilization data from a number of sources, including Department of Defense (DoD) healthcare facilities from around the globe and non-federal hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the… read more
    … was a 2- to 5-day lag time between the time of patient visit and time when ICD-9-CM-coded final diagnoses were … for the following keywords indicating a KI-related visit: (1) potas*, pottas*; (2) iodine, iodide; (3) KI; (4) … radiation, radeation; (5) nuclea*; (6) Japan. A given ED visit was considered a match if the content of the CC met …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (ISDP) and Pre Hospital Emergency Care in India

    Content Type: Webinar

    Globally, disease surveillance systems suffer from a number of resource constraints. These constraints are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where pathogens are more likely to emerge, reemerge,… read more
    …  014.                                              E-­‐mail:   biranchi_jena@emri.in   2Research  Consultant,  GVK … igu bb a Na lla ch er uv u Na lla ma da Na mb uli pu lik un ta Na rp ala Ob ula de va ra ch er uv u Pa mi di Pa rig i … annual national vaccination days, 2.3 million vaccinators visit 209 million households. Location of wild poliovirus …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Creating Syndrome Definitions Using RStudio

    Content Type: Webinar

    When public health practitioners use BioSense 2.0, they can view and analyze data on a variety of predetermined syndromes from infectious diseases (such as influenza) to injuries. However, some users may want to use tools to explore new and… read more
    … Diagnosis_Text, Chief_Complaint, Age, Gender, Visit_Date_Time, Row_Number FROM TC_Meaningful_Use_Base … ddply(df, .(Visit_Date, Syndrome), summarize, Number_of_Visits=length(Visit_Date)) …
  • Towards Integrated Syndromic Surveillance in Europe?

    Content Type: Webinar

    Triple - S is a project co-financed by the European commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers. THe project encompasses an inventory of existing and proposed syndromic surveillance systems in Europe, including country visits… read more
    … surveillance systems in Europe, including country visits for an in-depth understanding of selected systems. … Outline • Context • The Triple-S project • European site visits • Overview of systems in Europe • Veterinary … surveillance systems in Europe, including country visits for an in-depth understanding of selected systems. …
  • Monitoring Influenza Activity Using the BioSense System, 2003-2005

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the standard approaches to public health surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like illness (%ILI; fever plus cough or sore throat). The BioSense System currently… read more
    … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza- like … was one week before or after the seasonal increase in ILI visits to sentinel physicians. Data were analyzed for the …