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  • Parametric Uncertainty in Intra-Herd Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemiological Models

    Content Type: Abstract

    Epidemiological models that simulate the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease within a herd are the foundation of decision support tools used by governments to help advise and inform strategy to combat outbreaks. Contact transmission data used to… read more
    … objective of this project is to understand how parametric un- certainty within intra-herd Foot-and-Mouth disease … objective of this project is to understand how parametric un- certainty within intra-herd Foot-and-Mouth disease …
  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.
    … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … in that it assigns a probability that each visit falls within the syndrome rather than ruling the visit … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language …
  • How good is your data?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more
    … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the distributed, … vides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. …
  • Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more
    … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of … generate and validate a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana and (2) describe a … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of …
  • Monitoring child mental health related emergency department visits in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    From 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. During this period, mental health-related hospitalizations among NYC children increased nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-… read more
    … 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. … nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-related ED visits in NYC and assess the use of syndromic surveillance … syndromic system with those from a less timely, coded ED visit database.  Objective To assess the use of syndromic …
  • Using a Syndromic Approach to Monitor Alcohol-Related Visits of College-Aged Emergency Department Patients

    Content Type: Abstract

    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1… read more
    … Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … Using a syndromic approach to monitor alcohol-related visits of college-aged emergency department patients …
  • Rabies PEP Administered (First Visit) v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more
    … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves … on Rabies related chief complaint free text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves …