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  • A Global Landscape of Participatory Disease Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    Citizen engagement in public health is being transformed through systems that enable users to directly report on symptoms of disease via email and smartphone technology. Participatory systems encourage routine submission of syndromic data by the… read more
    … users to directly report on symptoms of disease via email and smartphone technology. Participatory systems … users to directly report on symptoms of disease via email and smartphone technology. Participatory systems …
  • Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance and Population-Based Health Monitoring in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Bioterrorism Surveillance Unit of the Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health, Acute Communicable Disease Control (ACDC) program analyzes Emergency Department (ED) data daily. Currently capturing over 40% of the ED… read more
    … (ED) data daily. Currently capturing over 40% of the ED visits in LAC, the system categorizes visits into syndrome groups and analyzes the data for … (ED) data daily. Currently capturing over 40% of the ED visits in LAC, the system categorizes visits into syndrome …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Medical Surge in Dallas–Fort Worth during Hurricane Harvey, 2017

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, resulting in 88 fatalities and more than $125 billion in damages to infrastructure. In Houston, flooding created a toxic mix of chemicals, sewage, biohazards, and 8 million cubic yards of… read more
    … contributed to increases in emergency department (ED) visits in Houston and cities that received persons … scientists looked at spatial and temporal variation in ED visits to DFW hospitals attributable to the storm. This … Between August 25, 2017, and September 7, 2017, ED visits in the DFW area increased about 4% per day, totaling …
  • The evaluation of influenza surveillance data elements for the health information exchange minimum data set

    Content Type: Abstract

    The American Health Information Community Harmonized Use Case for the Biosurveillance minimum data set (MDS) was implemented to establish data exchange between regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and the New York State Department of… read more
    … for emergency department (ED), in-patient, and outpatient visits. Compare the characteristics of patients meeting the … New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA E-mail: hgc04@health.state.ny.us Objectives Evaluate the … for emergency department (ED), in-patient, and outpatient visits. Compare the characteristics of patients meeting the …
  • Identifying Categories of Over-the-Counter Products with Superior Outbreak Detection Performance

    Content Type: Abstract

    A significant research topic in biosurveillance is how to group individual events—such as single emergency department (ED) visits and sales of over-thecounter healthcare (OTC) products—into counts of “similar” events. For OTC products, the goal is… read more
    … events—such as single emergency department (ED) visits and sales of over-thecounter healthcare (OTC) … clusters OTC products based on how well they ‘explain’ ED visits for influenzalike illness (ILI) can find categories … events—such as single emer- gency department (ED) visits and sales of over-the- counter healthcare (OTC) …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Bicycle Related Injuries in Boston, 2007-2010

    Content Type: Abstract

    In May of 2001, Boston released a strategic transportation plan to improve bicycle access and safety. [1] According to the Boston Transportation Department, ridership has increased 122% between 2007 and 2009. [2] A collaborative public health and… read more
    … possible risk factors using bicycle related injury (BRI) visits at Boston emergency departments (ED). Document … possible risk factors using bicycle-related injury (BRI) visits at Boston emergency departments (EDs). Introduction … hospitals in Boston every 24 hours. Data received include visit date, demographics, ZIP code of residence, chief …
  • Automated Monitoring of Exposures Using the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national automated surveillance system designed to enhance the nation's capability to rapidly detect and quantify public health emergencies, by accessing and analyzing diagnostic and prediagnostic health data. The… read more
    … “exposure” sub-syndrome.   OBJECTIVE To identify hospital visits with chief complaints concerning exposures, … 2SRA International, Inc. OBJECTIVE To identify hospital visits with chief complaints concerning exposures, … department (ED) visits, outpatient (OP) reasons for visit, and inpatient (IP) reasons for admit were examined …
  • Primer: Emergency Legal Preparedness - Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

    Content Type: References

    This Primer, published by the Network for Public Health Law on Friday, September 8, 2017,  provides a visual snapshot and a timeline on state and federal emergency declarations in response to Hurricane Harvey and Irma.  On August… read more
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