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  • Standard Operation Procedures for Three Syndromic Surveillance Systems in Washoe County, Nevada - A Local Perspective

    Content Type: Abstract

    Washoe County District Health Department (WCDHD) is a local health district serving nearly 400,000 residents in Washoe County including cities of Reno and Sparks, the second largest urban area in Nevada. To enhance overall public health surveillance… read more
    … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation … healthcare products, chief complaints at emergency room visits, and 911 calls, respectively. Preliminary evaluation …
  • Role of continuous monitoring on performance of surveillance systems in military populations in resource-limited settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timeliness of information has a key role in disease reporting, and may be easily impaired by several factors affecting data entry and utilization.1 Regarding data entry, previous studies have shown that monitoring strategies, such as telephone… read more
    … strategies, such as telephone reminders and supervision visits ensure reporting timeliness.2 Likewise, limited … strategies, such as telephone reminders and supervision visits ensure reporting time- liness.2 Likewise, limited … strategies, such as telephone reminders and supervision visits ensure reporting timeliness.2 Likewise, limited …
  • Using Syndromic Data to Examine Flooding

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Wisconsin experienced severe flooding from August 17 to September 20, 2018. This flood caused an estimated $232 million in damage and affected 21 counties. Floods can have negative health impacts on a population, such as increased skin infections,… read more
    … (ISDS). 3 A total of 297 emergency department visits related to the flood were detected. 2 A case … that did not fit the case definition. 2 For example, a visit was picked up by the query that said, “No one else in … Syndromic Surveillance in Action: Examining ED Visits Due to Wisconsin Flooding Joe Tatar & Maggie Thelen …
  • Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance in Michigan: Routine Analysis and Beyond

    Content Type: Training

    This presentation shared by Michigan covers the introductory basics of syndromic surveillance. This is a part of a web based training that new users have to complete before getting access to the surveillance system in Michigan. 
    … potential outbreaks from ED registrations. When a person visits a participating ED, the words from their chief … Each message consists of: Patient age, sex, home ZIP code Visit date and time Data exchange and acknowledgement …
  • Opioid Abuse – Cook County Department of Public Health, 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to monitor emergency room visits related to opioid abuse in Suburban Cook County, IL. It is adapted from CDC’s Opioid Overdose v2 syndrome, and expanded to include terms for opioid withdrawal, injection site infections, and… read more
    … This syndrome was created to monitor emergency room visits related to opioid abuse in Suburban Cook County, IL. … This syndrome was created to monitor emergency room visits related to opioid abuse in Suburban Cook County, IL. …
  • Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours

    Content Type: Abstract

    In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more
    … of clinic hours’ impact on ED use. METHODS All 2007 ED visits from ESSENCE for the urban public hospital were analyzed for average daily visit volume on weekdays and weekends. The average daily …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the Bio- Sense application. About 11% of total U.S. ED visits are sent to BioSense, 10% via state or local health … in the Bio- Sense program send emergency department visit in- formation, in addition to these data approximately … also send data regarding inpatient and outpatient visits. Of all emergency department visits during the study …
  • Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more
    … and current estimates of influenza-attributable excess ED visits and deaths in NYC6. From these estimates, we … and extrapolated data, identify the weeks when excess ED visits clearly exceed Serfling model-based thresholds. We … and a conservative assumption of a ~5:1 excess ED visit to death ratio, we estimate that community-wide …