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The Practicality of Spatio-Temporal Surveillance in a Scottish Health Board
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To explore the practicality of using a spatio-temporal scan statistic within a health board, rather than academic or national setting. -
Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis
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We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC). -
Utilisation of Data Derived from a Nurse-Led NHS Access and Information Telephone Helpline (NHS24) in Communicable Disease Management in Scotland
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To compare NHS24 data with a range of laboratory and other surveillance systems to further explore its potential utility in communicable disease management. -
Variation of Chief Complaint-Based Respiratory Symptom Data in One Hospital's Nurse Advice Call Center and Emergency Department
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The objective of this report is to describe the variation of symptoms being detected as respiratory or influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome using nurse advice call center (NACC) data and emergency department (ED) chief complaint data compared to… read more -
Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to the BioSense System, 2006-2007
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Biosurveillance systems typically receive free- text chief complaint and coded diagnosis data, however this data has limited specificity for notifiable disease surveillance. The Biosense System receives chief complaint and/or diagnosis data from… read more -
What Can Enhanced Influenza Surveillance Teach Us About Syndromic Surveillance?
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Currently Scotland has a number of influenza surveillance schemes, including âflu-spotterâ practices, and enhanced surveillance general practices that submit clinical samples for virological testing (SERVIS practices). This information feeds… read more -
Communities of Practice: Advancing the Practice of Surveillance
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These slides were presented as a 60 minute oral presentation at the 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference in Atlanta Georgia. Learning Objective To share our experiences at ISDS with setting up and managing communities of… read more -
Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview
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These slides were presented at the Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview Partner meeting, led by CDC and organized by ASTHO in March of 2019. Presenters Puja Seth, PhD – Lead, Epidemiology… read more