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  • Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - Chief Complaint History, Discharge … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United …
  • Carbon Monoxide Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure or similar diagnosis codes. The terms "heater" and "generator" are included to potentially capture cases of improper heater and… read more
    … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide … System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide …
  • Identifying and Modeling Spatial Patterns of Heat-Related Illness in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the spatial pattern of New York City (NYC) heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in planning for and response to… read more
    … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … of meteorological variables in a model of expected visits allowing for the identification of heat waves with …
  • Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more
    … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more
    … taxpayers. A large proportion of oral health-related ED visits are not for trauma but for dental conditions more … only source of ED data, to evaluate what type of patient visits Idaho EDs for non-traumatic dental care and how … data to characterize ED use for non-traumatic dental care visits. The program felt that, if successfully able to …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more
    … (range = 2 months to 13 years). Emergency department visits were the most common data source, used by 84%, followed by outpatient clinic visits (49%), over-the-counter medication sales (44%), calls … years (range, 2 months to 13 years). Emergency department visits were the most common data source, used by 84%, …
  • Better, Stronger, Faster: Making the Case for Adding Data Fields to Syndromic Surveillance, NJ 2015

    Content Type: Case Study

    NJDOH created a custom classification in EpiCenter to detect synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits using chief complaint data. DOH staff included the keywords black magic, black mamba, cloud 9, cloud 10,incense, k2, legal high, pot potpourri,… read more
    … in EpiCenter to detect synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits using chief complaint data. DOH staff included the … classification for NJ synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits before NJPIES' inquiry. NJDOH staff successfully … in EpiCenter to detect synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits using chief complaint data. DOH staff included the …
  • A comparison of syndromic surveillance chief complaint data and discharge data in a pediatric hospital system during 2009 H1N1

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section of the Georgia Division of Public Health, provides electronic influenza- like- illness (ILI) data to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention… read more
    … hospital system identified when the percentage of daily visits for ILI had substantively increased. The … chief complaint (CC) data from emergency department visits for two facilities at Facilities A and B. The data … report based upon emergency department visits, and including physician’s diagnosis at the time of …