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Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data
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In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more… query feature to search for rabies related patient visits. However, a more automated method was desired that … -
Modeling Clinician Detection Time of a Disease Outbreak Due to Inhalational Anthrax
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We developed a probabilistic model of how clinicians are expected to detect a disease outbreak due to an outdoor release of anthrax spores, when the clinicians only have access to traditional clinical information (e.g., no computer-based alerts). We… read more… is only seen by a health care provider once (no return visits) and each clinician diagnoses a given case of IA … -
ROC Curves in Public Health Surveillance: A First Step in Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Our purpose was to develop an ROC curve for public health surveillance similar to those used in diagnostic testing. We developed syndrome surveillance algorithms with differing sensitivity and specificity in detecting the seasonal influenza (ILI)… read more… RESULTS There were over 500,000 patient emergency visits available for analysis in years 2000-2004. Age- Group … -
Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS) update: present and future
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Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EARS Program, MS C-18, Atlanta, GA, USA) is a freeware surveillance tool that can be downloaded from the Center for Disease Control and… read more… baseline/comparison period, an adjustment for total visits (or other denominator), and an option for stratifying … -
Louisiana Takes Action Against Drug Abuse by Sharing Syndromic Data
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Louisiana, like other states, grapples with widespread drug abuse. CDC’s DrugOverdose Death Data show Louisiana had a statistically significant 14.7% increase in its drug overdose death rate from 2015–2016. As early as 2013, the Louisiana Office of… read more… began by sharing the percentage of emergency department visits related to substance abuse with the State … began by sharing the percentage of emergency department visits related to substance abuse with the State … -
Does Climate Predict the Timing of Peak Influenza Activity in the United States?
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Though spatio-temporal patterns of influenza spread have often suggested that environmental factors, such as temperature, solar radiation and humidity play a key role, few studies have directly assessed their effect on the timing… read more… in the United States using pediatric hospitalization visits with ICD-9 codes equal to 486.00, 487.00, 487.10 or … -
Exercise Demonstrates Effective Syndromic Surveillance Response Process
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Currently, Indiana monitors emergency department patient chief complaint data from 73 geographically dispersed hospitals. These data are analyzed using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-… read more… and used anthrax as the agent. Twelve of the 14 patient visits generating the respiratory alert were part of the … -
Performances of a Syndromic Surveillance System during a Heat Wave
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The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra deaths in 10 days) led the French institute for public health surveillance to modify its public health surveillance system. One of the major objectives of this program was a real time… read more… (4). RESULTS Fifteen hospitals were selected and 118,119 visits were recorded during the 3 months. Sensitivity and …