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  • All Traffic Related v2 - Washington State Department of Health, 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: This is an updated to the All Traffic-related submitted in 2018. The goal is to capture all traffic-related injuries presenting for healthcare, regardless of intent or vehicle type, to allow monitoring of long-term trends… read more
    … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief …
  • Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more
    … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … sites where data were available. The weekly percent of visits because of ILI were calculated for each system. For …
  • In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists

    Content Type: Abstract

    The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more
    … included them all [1-4]. We used the top 20 ‘Reasons for Visits’ (RFV) from the 2005 Emergency Department Sum- mary … Med 2001; 8(10):980-989. [5]Schneider, D ‘A Reason for Visit Classification for Ambulatory Care’ US DHEW …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more
    … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more
    … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation

    Content Type: Abstract

    Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read more
    … were blank to account for homelessness were included. Visits were reviewed if CC included keywords based on common … as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a …
  • Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests

    Content Type: Use Case

    Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more
    … New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Phone: (347) 396-2679 Email: sgreene4@health.nyc.gov … to the CC/discharge diagnosis fields affect how an ED visit is defined. If the change is substantial, using a …
  • A general overview of the French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented May 16, 2019. After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas… read more
    … practitioners, SOS Médecins, whose members perform home visits. The system also collects mortality data from the … practitioners, SOS Médecins, whose members perform home visits. The system also collects mortality data from the …