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  • CDC Heroin v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC HEROIN OVERDOSE V4 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States… read more
    … some lessons learned in querying heroin overdose ED visits in syndromic surveillance systems. Based on this … indicating a heroin poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … diagnosis codes. A large increase in heroin overdose ED visits may be attributable to increased supply and use of …
  • School Health: A Novel School Nurse Clinic Surveillance Project in Coastal Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Georgia Department of Public Health collects chief complaint data from hospitals to characterize health trends in near real time. These data were critical for situational awareness during the 2009 H1N1… read more
    … demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include using clinic visit data to identify opportunities for health … and to characterize the type and number of student visits to the school nurses. An electronic module was …
  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The public health problem identified by Alabama Department of Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (AlaSyS) was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … in ESSENCE were not reliable for up to a week after the visit date due to slow processing, server downtime, and … of data should be submitted within 24 hours from time of visit, for near real time results. The slow data processing … report to assess the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits that mentioned heroin in the chief complaint (CC), …
  • Georgia's Strategy for Targeting Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    As part of public health protection activities conducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, June 2004, DPH implemented SS in the state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following… read more
    … state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following this … criteria in initiating new emergency department (ED)-visit based systems. Document … state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following this …
  • Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information… read more
    … departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … from 50 of 61 (82%) EDs in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information collected …
  • Monitoring for Local Transmission of Zika Virus using Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The first travel-associated cases of Zika virus infection in New York City (NYC) were identified in January 2016. Local transmission of Zika virus from imported cases is possible due to presence of Aedes albopictus mosquitos. Timely detection of… read more
    … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  8 views … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Quality Checks and Assurance

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presenters Caleb Wiedeman and Harold Gil will describe some of the processes their organizations use to ensure the quality of data in BioSense v2.0. First, Caleb Wiedeman will review his normal routine of verifying data quality, including checking… read more
    … BioSense v2.0 application for aberrations and drops in visit counts, linking front-end data to the back end using … data quality metrics in BioSense v2.0 (e.g., drops in visit counts). Discuss the UCEP group’s work on BioSense …  v2.0  application  for  aberrations   and  drops  in  visit  counts,  linking  front-­‐end  data  to  the  back …
  • CDC Stimulant v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC STIMULANT OVERDOSE V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE.… read more
    … last year, they started to notice increases in overdose visits related to stimulant use. Because CDC had worked with … indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … that these codes were not identifying acute overdose visits and instead were being coded correctly as “stimulant …