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  • Visualizing Data Quality: Tools and Views

    Content Type: Abstract

    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health department… read more
    … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Data from Hospital and Ambulatory Settings: An Annotated Bibliography

    Content Type: References

    This annotated bibliography summarizes close to 50 articles on syndromic surveillance using EHR data from hospital and ambulatory settings. The bibliography is a valuable resource for both practitioners and researchers as they continue to assess the… read more
    … and environmental triggers: a retrospective review of ED visits using an electronic medical record. 9. Emergency … is Associated with Cardiopulmonary Emergency Department Visits Assessed through Syndromic Surveillance. Syndromic … calls network, Bordeaux, France. 28.Comparison of Office Visit and Nurse Advice Hotline Data for Syndromic …
  • Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more
    … animal care). He also looked at data by facility of visit occurrence. Combined, he captured any visit to a … department regardless of patient residence, including visits by seasonal or migrant workers.  KDHE presented its … animal care). He also looked at data by facility of visit occurrence. Combined, he captured any visit to a …
  • Monitoring Spatial Patterns of Adverse Drug Events and Morbidity in New York City Using Syndromic Data Streams

    Content Type: Abstract

    Drug-related deaths have increased over the past decade throughout the United States. In New York City (NYC), every year there are approximately 900 psychoactive drug-related fatalities with the majority involving opioids.… read more
    … services ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department (ED) visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … from 50 of 62 NYC hospitals covering >90% of total ED visits and including chief complaints. To define drug events …
  • A Simple Method of Using Linked Health Data in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a simple technique for utilizing linked health information in syndromic surveillance. Using knowledge of which patient encounters resulted in laboratory test requests and prescriptions may improve sensitivity and specificity of… read more
    … streams (emergency department chief complaints, clinic visit International Classification of Disease Ninth Revi- … who were assigned certain ICD9 codes during an office visit also received specific laboratory requests and … of linked lab requests and prescriptions filled for each visit. This tally ranged from zero to greater than 9 and was …
  • Norovirus Outbreak Detected by Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance using RedBat

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Health Service Region 8 (HSR 8) encompasses 28 counties in South Central Texas. Of these, 5 counties are covered by a local health department syndromic surveillance system while the remaining… read more
    … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. Objective This abstract describes the use of … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. METHODS On December 5, 2006 a Red Flag in the daily … algorithm also adjusts for weekly periodicity of medical visits. Objective This abstract describes the use of …
  • Using Business Intelligence Tools to Automate Data Capture and Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) serves public health users across NC at the local, regional and state levels, providing early event detection and situational awareness capabilities. At the… read more
    … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, … data feeds daily including emergency department (ED) visits, emergency medical service (EMS) runs, poison center … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, …
  • Web-Based Spatio-Temporal Display of NC DETECT Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC DETECT is the Web-based early event detection and timely public health surveillance system in the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. The reporting system also provides broader public health surveillance reports for… read more
    … surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma,  … health surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma, vaccine- … surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma,  …