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  • MERS Syndromic Surveillance Guidance Review

    Content Type: Webinar

    Please join ISDS and CDC for an information webinar related to syndromic surveillance of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the US.On May 2, 2014, the first U.S. imported case of MERS was confirmed in Indiana.  Guidance was recently… read more
    …   Number  of  People   ISDS  Sent  Announcement  via  E-­‐mail   2130   Opened  Announcement   546  (26.7%)   Clicked  on  Announcement  Email   106  (19.4%)     2   (percentage  based  on  #  of …
  • Automated Syndromic Surveillance System in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Los Angeles County (LAC) Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Unit has made significant progress in automating the syndromic surveillance system. The surveillance system receives electronic data on a daily basis from different hospital… read more
    … Private Network (VPN) and text file via secure FTP and e-mail. A password-protected secure web server has been … countywide coverage is approximately 30% of total ED visits. The system automatically runs once per day, … to detect disease clusters and outbreaks. Use of e-mail as a data transport tool is less reliable and secure …
  • Evaluation of the Connecticut Hospital Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Monitoring of Community Gastrointestinal Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The HEDSS system was implemented in 2004 to monitor disease activity [1]. Twenty of 32 emergency departments (ED) and 1 urgent care clinic provide data. Chief complaints are routinely categorized into 8 syndromes. Although previous studies have… read more
    … reportable events. Weekly percentage of HEDSS GI syndrome visits (combined GI, vomiting, diarrhea and bloody diarrhea) … diseases using correlation coefficients. GI syndrome ED visits were also examined by geographical region and age. … vomiting has a greater magnitude than diarrhea. ED GI visits were correlated with GI hospital admissions (r�0.73, …
  • Surveillance for nationally notifiable infectious conditions using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE biosurveillance system

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) obtains electronic data from 153 Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers plus outpatient clinics in all 50 states, American Samoa, Guam,… read more
    … Health Surveillance and Research, Palo Alto, CA, USA E-mail: cynthia.lucero@va.gov Objective To determine the … graphic data from outpatient and emergency department visits at all VA facilities.1 For this review, visits with an ICD-9-CM code(s) for a reportable …
  • Evaluating the use of syndromic surveillance for the detection of influenza-like illness in Salt Lake County, Utah

    Content Type: Abstract

    Salt Lake Valley Health Department uses syndromic surveillance to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) activity as part of a comprehensive influenza surveillance program that includes pathogen-specific surveillance, sentinel… read more
    … Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: jrobertson@slco.org Objective The objective of this … X100.41F, cough and/or sore throat, and total patient visits were summed from 12 sentinel sites, and used to … Reporting System (EARS).4 Daily ILI and total patient visits were used to calculate weekly percentages of …
  • Analytic Decision Support for Public Health Emergencies

    Content Type: Webinar

    Public health emergencies require planning and response activities. These activities require analytical frameworks for considering the complicated and at times non-linear risk factors and interactions within particular scenarios whether they be… read more
    …   Number  of  People   ISDS  Sent  Announcement  via  E-­‐mail   2091   Opened  Announcement   614  (29.7%)   Clicked  Link  in  Announcement  Email  (N=  614)   128  (20.8%)   Registered  for  webinar …
  • Spatial cluster detection in schools using school catchment information

    Content Type: Abstract

    The H1N1 outbreak in the spring of 2009 in NYC originated in a school in Queens before spreading to others nearby. Active surveillance established epidemiological links between students at the school and new cases at other schools through… read more
    … of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA E-mail: sday@health.nyc.gov Objective To improve cluster … percentage of enrollment and total influenza-like illness visits. For each day, the observed values were compared with … schools have increased absenteeism or school nurse visits. The analysis has a couple of limitations: (1) a …
  • Usage of Syndromic Surveillance Information to Assist Clinical Decision-Making

    Content Type: Webinar

    Speakers will be practicing clinician-researchers discussing needs for and ongoing usage of recent, local epidemiological information for decision support. Presenters Andrea Dugas, MD, Attending Physician… read more
    … ▫  Patient management ▫  Crowding / increased patient visits Surveillance with Google Flu Trends Why the Emergency …   Tableau®   Web  &     Mobile    Apps     GermWatch e-mail list! •  Weekly e-mails to 400+ Clinicians, … of information exchange •  Health Alert Network •  Fax •  Email/Web •  Literature •  Mass media •  Primary Limitation …