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Using Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation
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Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read more… were blank to account for homelessness were included. Visits were reviewed if CC included keywords based on common … as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a … the confirmed cases in the outbreak. *Emily Kajita E-mail: ekajita@ph.lacounty.gov (page number not for citation … -
National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Data Sharing Workgroup - Report
Content Type: Report
This report summarizes a series of Data Sharing Workgroups that occurred in 2014 and 2015. Purpose of the workgroups: To provide community input on topics related to data sharing functionalities in the BioSense platform. Summary of work: The… read more… regional aggregate data across borders. BioSense provides visit-level access based on the facilities in a data source. … were seen in a facility in another state (without sharing visit-level data with entire jurisdiction). 4 Fully … residents of jurisdiction regardless of jurisdiction of visit). Finally, BSDSWG has also discussed the need for … -
Catchment Area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Room - Implications for Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County
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This research aims to determine the catchment area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Department (ED). The purpose is to identify pediatric populations and territories within Miami-Dade County that are insufficiently covered by this hospital's… read more… of double entries resulting from classification of ED visits into more than one syndromic group. Direct … was used to calculate age standardized rates of visits by patient’s zip code of residence. The 2000 US … question to answer is whether populations of these areas visit other EDs currently feeding data into ESSENCE. Was the … -
Syndromic Surveillance in Support of an Urban Violence Intervention
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Our objective was to adapt the city's syndromic surveillance system to help guide a violence intervention initiative in response to an upsurge in serious assaults and homicides in Boston.… summer of 2006. RESULTS In 2005, a total of 458,376 ED visits were reported by all 9 Boston acute care hospitals. Of the 458,376 visits, 4,177 were due to incidents of violence. 3,555 were … is typically received and ap- pended 2-14 days after the visit. Nevertheless, the system demonstrated a capacity to … -
Syndromic Surveillance and Influenza-like Illness in Georgia
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There are multiple sources of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data within the state of Georgia. These include laboratory surveillance for influenza viruses, sentinel providers that report ILI, pneumonia and… read more… significance. The Fever+Flu syndrome, which includes ED visits for febrile and viral illnesses, is used to monitor … and geographic information are re- ceived on each ED visit. Frequencies and percentage of all visits were calculated for daily and/or weekly Fever+Flu ED … -
Estimating Hospital Admissions for Influenza Using Emergency Department (ED) Syndromic Surveillance Data, New York City
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An important goal of influenza surveillance is to provide public health decisionmakers with timely estimates of the severity of community-wide influenza. One potential indicator is the number of influenza hospitalizations. In New… read more… data are received daily for approximately 90% of NYC ED visits, and include patient’s age, gender and chief complaint. ED ILI visits were defined as any visit whose chief complaint indicated fever-flu or … -
Florida Department of Health Syndromic Surveillance Identifies Unreported Cases of Zika Virus Disease, 2016–2017
Content Type: Success Stories
Zika virus disease became a significant public health problem in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other South American and Central American countries. While not an overly severe illness for many, Zika virus disease has been shown to increase the… read more… facilitate daily review of suspect emergency department visits. Additionally, queries and dashboards were shared … to county epidemiology staff to ensure that they saw the visit and that appropriate testing and disease control … facilitate daily review of suspect emergency department visits. Additionally, queries and dashboards were shared … -
Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County
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To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities… Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida on October 24, 2005, ED visits for back pain, leg and foot wounds, snake and spider … ILI patterns have shown that the percentage of ED visits attributable to ILI was much higher among children … attempt. Younger teens (10-14 years) were more likely to visit the ED with substance abuse than older teens aged …