Skip to main content

Displaying results 273 - 280 of 570
  • Estimating Hospital Admissions for Influenza Using Emergency Department (ED) Syndromic Surveillance Data, New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    An important goal of influenza surveillance is to provide public health decisionmakers with timely estimates of the severity of community-wide influenza. One potential indicator is the number of influenza hospitalizations. In New… read more
    … data are received daily for approximately 90% of NYC ED visits, and include patient’s age, gender and chief complaint. ED ILI visits were defined as any visit whose chief complaint indicated fever-flu or …
  • The utility of inpatient data obtained from regional health information organizations for pneumonia and influenza surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Hospital discharge data received by public health agencies has a reporting lag time of greater than six months. This data is often used retrospectively to conduct surveillance to assess severity of illness and outcome, and for… read more
    … of five acute-care facilities. Methods Inpatient data for visit dates between 1 June and 29 October 2009 were selected … RHIO A data. Patients were matched by facility, date of visit, gender, month and year of birth, and zip code of … applied to the SPARCS diagnoses. Results Reason for visit was 12% complete within one day, 68% within seven …
  • Florida Department of Health Syndromic Surveillance Identifies Unreported Cases of Zika Virus Disease, 2016–2017

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Zika virus disease became a significant public health problem in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other South American and Central American countries. While not an overly severe illness for many, Zika virus disease has been shown to increase the… read more
    … facilitate daily review of suspect emergency department visits. Additionally, queries and dashboards were shared … to county epidemiology staff to ensure that they saw the visit and that appropriate testing and disease control … facilitate daily review of suspect emergency department visits. Additionally, queries and dashboards were shared …
  • Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County

    Content Type: Abstract

    To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities
    … Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida on October 24, 2005, ED visits for back pain, leg and foot wounds, snake and spider … ILI patterns have shown that the percentage of ED visits attributable to ILI was much higher among children … attempt. Younger teens (10-14 years) were more likely to visit the ED with substance abuse than older teens aged …
  • Canine Tick Diagnoses are a Sentinel for Tick-borne Diseases in People

    Content Type: Abstract

    To determine if ticks on dogs can provide early warning for tick-borne diseases in people.
    … and carry these ticks with them when they return home or visit a veterinarian’s office. Although dogs are not … map). The prevalence of tick infestation per 1,000 dog visits was calculated, plotted by month for a five-year … prevalence of tick diagnoses ranged from 9 per 1,000 dog visits in summer to 3 per 1,000 visits in winter, with …
  • Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health

    Content Type: Abstract

    Effective public health response to emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, and bioterrorism requires access to real-time, accurate information on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance… read more
    … outpatient microbiology laboratory tests and outpatient visits to 166 MTFs were obtained for No- vember 2, 2002 - … so only test orders were evalu- ated. Outpatient visits were assigned to disease syn- dromes based on ICD-9 … Practice patterns and laboratory test/outpatient visit associations vary by region, so monitoring may be most …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … a retrospective study of emergency department (ED) visits at four New York State hospitals from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2007. These hospitals have annual ED visits ranging from 24,000 to 33,000 and have electronic … was possibly infectious in origin. We did not count the visit within a GI sub-syndrome if another specific etiology …
  • West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Mass gatherings—defined as events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host state—pose unique surveillance challenges. Attendees can be at greater (or high) risk for injuries due to… read more
    … discharged and returned on-site the same day. At least 29 visits (39%) were injury related (sprains, fractures, contusion), and 29 visits (39%) were classified as other (dehydration, heart … to call healthcare facilities daily to collect patient visit information. Syndromic surveillance requires fewer …