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  • Inventory of syndromic surveillance systems in Europe by the Triple-S Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    Triple-S (Syndromic Surveillance Survey, Assessment towards Guidelines for Europe) was launched in 2010 for a 3-year period. Co-financed by the European Commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, the project is coordinated by… read more
    … included mortality surveillance systems. Eight site-visits to existing systems are scheduled between June 2011 … and partici- pants from all European countries, the visits offer an in-depth understanding of a variety of … by the brief questionnaires. The first 4-day site-visit took place in the United Kingdom (Birmingham and …
  • A Novel Approach to Using Chief Complaint-Driven Syndromic Surveillance: Use of CDC's EARS-X by Hospital Infection Control Practitioners

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has traditionally been used by public health to supplement mandatory disease reporting. The use of chief complaints as a data source is common for early event detection. Though some public health syndromic surveillance systems… read more
    … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, … beds, a level I trauma center with an average of 85,000 visits per year plus three smaller outlying emergency rooms, …
  • T-Cube as an Enabling Technology in Surveillance Applications

    Content Type: Abstract

    T-Cube is especially useful for rapidly retrieving responses to ad-hoc queries against large datasets of additive time series labeled using a set of categorical attributes. It can be used as a general tool to support any task… read more
    … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits. In this paper we present efficiencies which can be … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits [1,2]. In this paper we present efficiencies which … of over-the-counter medications and emergency department visits. In this paper we present efficiencies which can be …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: The Kansas Experience, Health Information Exchanges, and Onboarding

    Content Type: Webinar

    Public health jurisdictions participating in BioSense 2.0 can be on-boarded in several ways, including one hospital at a time or through a health information exchange (HIE). Onboarding through an HIE can simplify the process and ease the burden on… read more
    …  of   People   ISDS  Sent   Announcement  via  E-­‐ mail   2097   Opened   Announcement   564  (26.9%)   Clicked  on   Announcement  Email   (percentage  based  on   #  of  opens)   78  (13.8%) …  March  26,  2014  –  12:00  PM  –  1:30  PM  EDT   Visit  www.syndromic.org  for  more  information  on …
  • Chemical Spill in Kansas: Importance of Sharing Information Across Sites

    Content Type: Success Stories

    On October 21, 2016, at 8:02 am, a distilling plant in Kansas accidentally mixed sulfuric acid and sodium hypochloride, releasing a plume of chlorine gas. The respiratory effects of breathing chlorine gas can be felt almost immediately and can be… read more
    … analyzing data from Hospital A. On the day of the spill, visits increased nearly four-fold, far exceeding the … data knew the demographics and recognized anomalies in visit counts. As patient counts increased, epidemiologists … analyzing data from Hospital A. On the day of the spill, visits increased nearly four-fold, far exceeding the …
  • Influenza messaging and interoperability: the PHLIP assistance team approach

    Content Type: Abstract

    An essential theme of the US Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan is interoperability and the ability to effectively exchange information using specific data and technical standards.1 In 2005, in an effort to accelerate the… read more
    … Health Laboratories (APHL), Silver Spring, MD, USA E-mail: jlipsky@TSJG.com Objective This paper describes the … States that were not available to host an onsite PAT visit were given the option of receiving ‘virtual’ support. … 2010, approximately 10 PHLs receiving either an onsite visit or virtual support by the PAT are now sending …
  • Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more
    … zip code, hospital and time of emergency department (ED) visit to explore a potential outbreak. If clustering is … 2008, three small clusters by resident zip code and ED visit time were detected in a southern Miami-Dade County … staff contacted the Director of the shelter and a site visit was conducted on Wednesday, June 18 by MDCHD Office of …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Regional Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 5

    Content Type: Report

    Thirteen surveillance professionals from seven state and local public health agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Region 5 planned and participated in the 2-day Workshop. The participants selected data sharing… read more
    … increasingly accessible to PHAs. For every PHA, 100% ED visit coverage is an achievable goal and the tools for … participating in and providing emergency department visit data to the nationwide BioSense 2.0 syndromic … case definitions using electronic emergency department visit data records; 2. Applied and evaluated analysis plans …