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  • Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours

    Content Type: Abstract

    In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more
    … of clinic hours’ impact on ED use. METHODS All 2007 ED visits from ESSENCE for the urban public hospital were analyzed for average daily visit volume on weekdays and weekends. The average daily …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the Bio- Sense application. About 11% of total U.S. ED visits are sent to BioSense, 10% via state or local health … in the Bio- Sense program send emergency department visit in- formation, in addition to these data approximately … also send data regarding inpatient and outpatient visits. Of all emergency department visits during the study …
  • Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more
    … and current estimates of influenza-attributable excess ED visits and deaths in NYC6. From these estimates, we … and extrapolated data, identify the weeks when excess ED visits clearly exceed Serfling model-based thresholds. We … and a conservative assumption of a ~5:1 excess ED visit to death ratio, we estimate that community-wide …
  • Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more
    … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … dromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health … program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health …
  • KS Onboarding Presentation

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    These slides provide an overview of the onboarding process for jurisdictions in Kansas supplying data for BioSense. This presentation emphasizes steps needed to improve data quality.
    … n  129 in State n  Five-Year Average ~6 Million Annual Visits Started collecting Syndromic Surveillance (SyS) data … software All phone conversations must follow-up via email All emails follow naming convention: n  “[Facility …
  • Incorporating Wildlife Data into Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS) serves public health users across North Carolina at the local, regional and state levels, providing syndromic surveillance capabilities.  At the state level,… read more
    … generated, providing a line listing of all the syndrome visits that contributed to the flag on that particular date. … The PWC defines 8 syndromes and assigns each patient visit to none, one or as many syndromes as are appropriate … The PWC is currently assigning syndromes to each visit where appropriate but are not yet providing that …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 1

    Content Type: Report

    Surveillance professionals from six states and one local public health agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 1 planned and attended the 2-day Workshop. Workshop attendees elected to explore how data sharing can… read more
    … 2. Prompt review of materials provided by e-mail; and 3. Completing two brief surveys to learn about … • Access to syndromic surveillance emergency department visit data; and • The tools necessary to prepare, analyze, … Rhode Island, Vermont • Basic practices for ILI visits o What should ED visit be used/activated for?  …
  • Hospital Roadmap to SS Success

    Content Type: Form

    This checklist will prepare Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to fulfill Syndromic Surveillance (SS) interoperability with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and begin the process of meeting Stage 2… read more
    … Surveillance tab http://www.azdhs.gov/meaningful-use/ Visit the BioSense 2.0 System website to learn more about … guide. Test message types are as follows: A01 = Admit/Visit; A03 = Discharge/End Visit; A04 = Registration; A08 = … has a large volume of partners in testing and onboarding. Email the test message reports to …