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  • Evolution of a Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition

    Content Type: Abstract

    In North Carolina, select hospital emergency departments have been submitting data since 2003 for use in syndromic surveillance. These data are collected, stored, and parsed into syndrome categories by the North Carolina… read more
    … zoster were not included. From the 813,536 ED visits in the database for the calendar year 2004, all visits with the ICD-9-CM code of 052.0-052.9 (CP) and all visits meeting the syndrome definition for FRI were …
  • Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase

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    This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].
    … depict respiratory, fever and influenza-like syndrome ED visits by jurisdiction as percent of total. 1/ 21 /2 00 6 2/ … Surface plots depict relative increase in ED syndrome visits as observed / baseline by jurisdiction and age. … The participants reported aggregate daily counts of ED visits by age group (<2, 2-4, 5-17, 18-44, 45-64 and 65+ …
  • Community-based Health Systems Strengthening: Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Mobile Health Intervention in Nepal

    Content Type: Webinar

    Globally, over seven million children under the age of five die each year. A suite of interventions, including safe delivery care, neonatal care and resuscitation, and management of childhood diarrhea, malnutrition, and pneumonia, can prevent many… read more
    … 1%   14%   4%   3%   0.29%   74%   26%   Overall Patient Visits by Type - Mangsir 2069 New Antenatal Visits Health Post Deliveries Postnatal Visits Family Planning Visits Neonatal Outpatient Visits …
  • Bio-Surveillance and Enhanced Situational Awareness

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      Syndromic surveillance has been used to detect variation in seasonal viral illnesses such as influenza and norovirus infection (1). Limited information is available on the use of a comprehensive bio-surveillance system, including syndromic… read more
    … all age groups. Between 12/1/2006 and 4/1/2007, GI_4 visits averaged 94 a day (7.3% of all visits), compared to 75 visits a day (5.9% of all visits) during the same period the …
  • Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.
    … analyzes multiple traditional (such as emergency room visits, private provider visits) and non-traditional (such as over-the- counter drug … for the Mary- land region: ESSENCE data revealed 18 coded visits associated with neurological disease compared to …
  • Enterovirus D68 Outbreak SyS Discussion

    Content Type: Webinar

    ISDS Conference Call to discuss surveillance for severe respiratory illness / Enterovirus D68. This call will be an opportunity for syndromic surveillance practitioners to share their experiences conducting their contribution to surveillance for… read more
    … increases in respiratory illness and asthma-related ED visits. While this increase is typical in September every … Figure  1:  Michigan  Daily  Respiratory  Syndrome  Visits  (Source:  Fatema  Mamou)   Figure  2:  Michigan …
  • A Comparison of Locally Developed Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions Using Electronic Emergency Department Data in Boston and New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare locally-developed influenza-like syndrome definitions (derived from emergency department (ED) chief complaints) when applied to data from two ISDS DiSTRIBuTE Project participants: Boston and New York City (NYC) [1].
    … daily from 10 of 10 EDs in the city of Boston (avg daily visits ~ 1300). The NYCDOHMH collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) EDs in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~ 10,000). Each department uses both a broad (more …
  • Late Season Influenza-like Illness in Georgia: Prospective Detection of an Illness Cluster Using Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a cluster of influenza-like illness (ILI) prospectively identified through emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance (SS).
    … using the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS) [4]. E-mail alerts are generated by SendSS and distributed to all … District Epidemiol- ogist received a SendSS-generated e-mail alert indicating C1, C2, and C3 flags had been … in SendSS from WCHD hospitals. In response to the e- mail alert, the District Epidemiologist e-mailed the ICP at …