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  • Rabies Exposure and PEP - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on Rabies Exposure and Rabies PEP S Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge Diagnosis History OR… read more
    … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge …
  • Assessing the use of Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify and Track Heat Illness in Nebraska, 2010 - 2011

    Content Type: Abstract

    Heat waves have serious health impacts such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration, and death. Heat illness morbidity and mortality can be reduced with the identification of vulnerable populations and targeted public health interventions. In… read more
    … describe heat-related illness emergency department (ED) visits during this time. Objective The purpose of this study … describe heat-related illness emergency department (ED) visits during this time. Methods Eight hospitals currently … (NeDHHS), representing approximately 18% of all ED visits for the state. Five hospitals reported complete data …
  • Occupational Tree Related Injuries - New Jersey Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to help capture tree-related injuries during severe weather events. Extreme weather events require extensive tree removal and disposal, activities associated with severe injury risks among workers and residents.… read more
    … System – EpiCenter Data Source – Emergency Department visits Fields Used – Chief complaint saw OR branch OR wood … System – EpiCenter Data Source – Emergency Department visits Fields Used – Chief complaint …
  • Early Detection and Integrated Response to Seasonal Influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    A syndromic surveillance system has been implemented at Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health in Kingston Ontario as part of a pilot project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Public Health Division… read more
    … (implemented since SARS) for Emergency Department (ED) visits and information detailing hospital admissions.   … 2/1/2006 3/1/2006 4/1/2006 Positive Influenza Alerts ED Visits by Syndrome (3 day MA) Lab Results 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 31, 2005 - Alert circulated based on - increasing ED visits for respiratory syndrome - increasing FRI positive …
  • School absenteeism and emergency department ILI rates in King County, WA 2003–2009

    Content Type: Abstract

    Absenteeism is regarded as an expedient and responsive marker of illness activity. It has been used as a health outcome measure for a wide spectrum of exposures and as an early indicator of influenza outbreaks.1 A handful of studies have described… read more
    … the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism … the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism … number absent by school and the weekly number of ILI visits in the county. Eighteen of nineteen public school …
  • Preparing Biosurveillance Data for Classic Monitoring

    Content Type: Abstract

    Modern surveillance systems use statistical process control (SPC) charts such as Cumulative Sum and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average charts for monitoring daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits,… read more
    … daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits, sales of medications, and doctors’ office visits. The working assumption is that such pre-clinical … daily counts of such quantities as ICD-9 codes from ED visits, sales of medications, and doctors’ office visits. …
  • 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 … Substances and Disease Registry were alerted. Lots of phone calls; lots of data sharing. Throughout the response, … data knew the demographics and recognized anomalies in visit counts. As patient counts increased, epidemiologists …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Creating Syndrome Definitions Using RStudio

    Content Type: Webinar

    When public health practitioners use BioSense 2.0, they can view and analyze data on a variety of predetermined syndromes from infectious diseases (such as influenza) to injuries. However, some users may want to use tools to explore new and… read more
    … Diagnosis_Text, Chief_Complaint, Age, Gender, Visit_Date_Time, Row_Number FROM TC_Meaningful_Use_Base … ddply(df, .(Visit_Date, Syndrome), summarize, Number_of_Visits=length(Visit_Date)) …