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  • A Syndrome Track and Reporting System in Hillsborough County Florida: Findings from a Systematic Evaluation

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the first county-wide syndromic surveillance systems in the nation, the Syndromic Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) has been in operation since 11/01/2001, and now covers Hillsborough, Pinellas and Collier counties.… read more
    … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Features Update

    Content Type: Webinar

    This Webinar will help you learn about new and upcoming BioSense 2.0 features and how they can enhance your user experience. Nabarun Dasgupta of the BioSense Redesign Team will review new BioSense functionalities and services as well as discuss how… read more
    … the BioSense 2.0 binning system for emergency department visit data Discuss the tabular data analytic tool in …  2.0  binning  system  for  emergency   department  visit  data.   2.  Discuss  analytic  tools  that  are  in … the BioSense 2.0 binning system for emergency department visit data Discuss the tabular data analytic tool in …
  • Analytic Fusion of ESSENCE Clinical Evidence Sources for Routine Decision Support

    Content Type: Abstract

    Block 3 of the US Military Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system affords routine access to multiple sources of data. These include administrative clinical encounter records in the… read more
    … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian …
  • Estimation And Validation of An Outbreak Simulator

    Content Type: Abstract

    In previous work, we described a non-disease-specific outbreak simulator for the evaluation of outbreak detection algorithms. This Template-Driven Simulator generates disease patterns using user-defined template functions.… read more
    … anthrax cases. The home census block group and time of visit to an emergency department are available for each … anthrax cases. The home census block group and time of visit to an emergency de- partment are available for each … (1) For each case, BARD simulates emergency depart- ment visit times using a convolution of two log- normal …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more
    … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for asthma during the 2014 Enterovirus D68 outbreak …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more
    … surveillance data was conducted to examine whether ED visits changed among metropolitan Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), … of Ebola virus was confirmed (the “event”). Visits and visit rates by chief complaint before and after the event … Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola Public Health Problem The first …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 2+

    Content Type: Report

    A planning team that included staff from ISDS, ASTHO, and Charlie Ishikawa of Ishikawa Associates, LLC created and implemented the HHS Region 2+ workshop. Charlie led the workshop facilitation and design of workshop artifacts. The workshop… read more
    … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) during Super … participants developed and shared analyses of CO ED visit trends during 10/29/2012 thru 11/26/2012 according … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) during Super …
  • Experimental Syndromic Surveillance in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer

    Content Type: Abstract

    We started an experimental syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer from this year so as to early detect bioterrorism attack (BTA). 
    … syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer … _Surveillance_In_Japan_Using_Three_Aspects_Otc_Outpatients_Visits_And_Ambulance_Transfer.pdf 9 views Submitted by elamb … in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer Yasushi Ohkusa,Ph.D.1), Tamie …