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  • Identifying and Modeling Spatial Patterns of Heat-Related Illness in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the spatial pattern of New York City (NYC) heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in planning for and response to… read more
    … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … of meteorological variables in a model of expected visits allowing for the identification of heat waves with …
  • Georgia's Choice: Moving One Health Forward

    Content Type: Case Study

    Anthrax is endemic and enzootic in Georgia with cases being registered since 1881 with over 2000 foci identified. Since 2005, 439 laboratory confirmed and 211 probable human cases and 190 laboratory confirmed animal cases have been registered. A… read more
    … of the Ministry of Agriculture (LMA) COUNTRY: Georgia Email: irinekal7@yahoo.com, tsira.napetvaridze@gmail.com, makakokhreidze@yahoo.com WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU …
  • A Multidisciplinary One Health Approach to Mosquito Management

    Content Type: Case Study

    Large mosquito outbreaks mysteriously began to recur annually in Western Kentucky beginning in 2011. With up to 30 bites/minute in urban areas, these outbreaks warranted Governor-declared public health emergencies requiring expensive ($2 million… read more
    … Dept. Entomology, University of Kentucky COUNTRY: USA Email: gcbrown147@gmail.com WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? ___x Human health …
  • A Robust Expectation-Based Spatial Scan Statistic

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a new expectation-based scan statistic that is robust to outliers (individual anomalies at the store level that are not indicative of outbreaks). We apply this method to prospective monitoring of over-the-counter (OTC) drug… read more
    … to the product of the (known) expectation bi and an (un- known) relative risk qi. The robust statistic compares …
  • Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more
    … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, …
  • Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Federal Holidays, Miami-Dade 2007-2010

    Content Type: Abstract

    People usually celebrate holidays by inviting family and friends to have food at home, or by gathering and eating at restaurants or in other public venues. This increased exposure to food with a common source can create conditions for outbreaks of… read more
    … will be the purpose of forthcoming research. Instead, ED visits with gastrointestinal symptoms are used to leverage … Objective To quantify Emergency Department (ED) visits with gastrointestinal symptoms during Federal … FL, USA Objective To quantify Emergency Department (ED) visits with gastro- intestinal symptoms during Federal …
  • Unintentional Drug Overdoses in Virginia: Analysis of Syndromic and Death Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Drug overdoses and related deaths have been escalating nationally since 1970. In Virginia, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased 36% from 5.0 to 6.8 deaths per 100,000 population between 1999 and 2010. While initiated for bioterrorism event… read more
    … shown utility when extended to other health issues. ED visits may complement information from Overdose Deaths … by analyzing trends of emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional drug overdose (Overdose Visits) in … shown utility when extended to other health issues. ED visits may complement information from Overdose Deaths …
  • Transitioning to ICD-10 CM: What is the impact for Public Health Surveillance?

    Content Type: Webinar

    Peter Hicks, an epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present an expanded version of the 2013 ISDS Pre-Conference Workshop on the ICD-9/10 CM Transition and the impact upon Public Health. His presentation will… read more
    … Questions Regarding the ISDS/CDC ICD-10 project? •Email us at icd10@syndromic.org … 83 84 Contacts Peter Hicks • Phone – (404) 498-6824 • Email – ene0@cdc.gov David Swenson • Phone – (603) 271-7366 • Email – dswenson@dhhs.state.nh.us Atar Baer • Phone – (206) …