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  • Georgia's Strategy for Targeting Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    As part of public health protection activities conducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, June 2004, DPH implemented SS in the state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following… read more
    … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. BACKGROUND As part of public health … as a guide to recruiting their par- ticipation in ED-visit based SS, with district staff taking the lead in …
  • Exploring Syndrome Definition by Applying Clustering Methods to Electronic Health Records Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic  Health  Record  (EHR)  data  offers  the  researcher a potentially rich source of data for tracking disease  syndromes. Procedures  performed  on  the  patient, medications… read more
    … necessarily filled by  the  patient),  and  reason  for  visit  are  just  some  characteristics of the patient … (not necessarily filled by the patient), and reason for visit are just some characteristics of the patient encounter … necessarily filled by  the  patient),  and  reason  for  visit  are  just  some  characteristics of the patient …
  • Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments

    Content Type: Use Case

    Use case for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Problem… read more
    … pollen.  Available data sources are emergency department visit records, weather data, air quality data, and pollen … pollen. Available data sources are emergency department visit records, weather data, air quality data, and pollen … pollen.  Available data sources are emergency department visit records, weather data, air quality data, and pollen …
  • Full Automatic Syndromic Surveillance System Using Prescription in Japan

    Content Type: Abstract

    I Medical services for outpatients are well developed due to universal public health insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of outpatients provides very timely information to detect… read more
    … insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of … insurance. Even pa- tients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of … insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of …
  • Responding to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: An Adaptable Protocol for Georgia Health Districts

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although many syndromic surveillance (SS) systems have been developed and implemented, few have included response protocols to guide local health jurisdictions when alerts occur [1,2]. SS was first implemented in GA during the 2004 G-8 Summit. Six… read more
    … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. Document … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. BACKGROUND Although many syndromic surveillance … generated through analyses of emergency department (ED) visit data. …
  • Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Classification Between Two Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the BioDefend (BD) syndromic surveillance (SS) system was implemented in Duval County hospitals (Jacksonville, FL). Daily emergency department chief complaints are manually classified and entered into the BD system by… read more
    … one using a clinician’s classification of reason for visit and the other using an automated chief complaint … one using a clinician’s classification of reason for visit and the other us- ing an automated chief complaint … one using a clinician’s classification of reason for visit and the other using an automated chief complaint …
  • Syndromic surveillance of influenza-like illness using automated VA data preliminary results from the Idaho infectious disease reporting network

    Content Type: Abstract

    Current influenza-like illness monitoring in Idaho is on the basis of syndromic surveillance using laboratory data, combined with periodic person-to-person reports collected by Idaho state workers. This system relies on voluntary reporting.… read more
    … fashion. Clinical data entered in CPRS includes real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and labs. … fashion. Clinical data entered in CPRS includes real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and labs. … fashion. Clinical data entered in CPRS includes real-time visit information, vital signs, ICD-9, pharmacy, and labs. …
  • CDC Opioid v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC OPIOID V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States currently funded by… read more
    … indicating an opioid poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … diagnosis code/SNOMED present for opioid poisoning, the visit is only included if the chief complaint text has both … indicating an opioid poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is …