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  • BioSense Platform Admin Tool Requirements Discussion

    Content Type: Webinar

    The BioSense Platform features a tool giving site administrators control over how their data are shared. Thanks to a workgroup the BioSense Governance Group convened last year, CDC now has a good idea of what data-sharing capabilities users want in… read more
    … aggregate data across borders !  BioSense provides visit-level access !  Regions need ability to view patients … seen in another state facility (without sharing visit-level data with entire jurisdiction) Fully … •  Functional Requirements Table !  For(more(informa2on,(visit(the( Public(Health(Informa2cs(Ins2tute(website( …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in the State of Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance utilizes health-related symptom data to monitor disease outbreaks. Its’ potential for prompt detection of disease outbreaks and strengthening of rapid public health response is anticipated. As a result, syndromic surveillance… read more
    … While most of the sys- tems are based on data of patient visit to Emergency Department of major hospitals, a few also … these systems have not been systematically evaluated. The lack of calibration to suit local needs of these systems …
  • Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 2): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation

    Content Type: Webinar

    This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Dr. Cynthia Lucero continues our Meaningful Use webinar series with an introduction to… read more
    … age, sex, eligibility, homelessness, death indicator) Visit information (e.g. ICD-9 diagnosis codes, E&M codes, … system-designated concern and ICD-9 code, recommended follow-up interval and point of service) Time/Space (e.g. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective

    Content Type: Abstract

    We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.
    … There was a strong correlation between weekly ED fever visit counts and positive flu isolates, both for the region … lation between positive flu isolates and weekly ED fever visit counts was highest among 18-44 year-olds (r=.87) and … teeism trends correlated strongly with weekly fever visit counts among 5-17 year-olds (r = 0.83). The …
  • Beyond Detection: Attack Characterization with Syndromic and Clinical Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Most research in syndromic surveillance has emphasized early detection, but clinical diagnosis of the index case will tend to occur before detection by syndromic surveillance for certain types of outbreaks [1]. Syndromic surveillance may, however,… read more
    … at time t, we define a window of w days duration to ‘look back’ for excess cases. For each day d in the window, we … cases. We then sum the residuals over days in the ‘look back’ window to obtain an estimate of the disease burden … we conducted a simulation study using ambulatory visit records for respiratory conditions. We used a model …
  • Survey of Pre-Clinical Behavior – What Do People Do When They Get Sick?

    Content Type: Abstract

    The impetus for the development of many first syndromic surveillance systems was the hope of detecting infectious disease outbreaks earlier than with traditional surveillance. Various data sources have been suggested as potential… read more
    … 14 pediatric questionnaires, with 55% reporting a first visit for the current problem. The most frequent complaint … joint aches and rhinorrhea. Only 4% reported the day of visit as the first day they had symptoms. 53% reported that … illness, with 34% absent before the day of the healthcare visit. A minority of patients accessed advice via phone …
  • 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 …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Using Surveillance to Prepare and Respond to Winter Weather: Extreme Cold, Ice, and Snow

    Content Type: Webinar

    For much of the United States, 2014 began with extreme cold and large snowstorms. As a result, surveillance practitioners around the country have been working to identify, gather, and analyze cold weather-related data. This presentation will focus… read more
    … BioSense Carbon  Monoxide     Recent  example:     Follow-­‐up  with  hospital  gives  us  address  and  type …  problem     Environmental  Health  performs  site  visit   https://biosen.se Public Health Surveillance Through …