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  • Comparing Emergency Department Gunshot Wound Data with Mass Casualty Shooting Reports

    Content Type: Abstract

    Shootings with multiple victims are a concern for public safety and public health. The precise impact of such events and the trends associated with them is dependent on which events are counted. Some reports only consider events with multiple deaths… read more
    … for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement … for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement …
  • A Comparison of Fever Classified Chief Complaints and Diagnoses with Recorded Body Temperatures

    Content Type: Abstract

    The LAC SSS has been in existence since 2004. Currently, the system collects data from over 50 hospitals daily and performs a chief complaint-based syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to… read more
    … syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to … syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to …
  • Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 2): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation

    Content Type: Webinar

    This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Dr. Cynthia Lucero continues our Meaningful Use webinar series with an introduction to… read more
    … 6 million uniques treated; over 75 million outpatient visits; ~680,000 inpatient admissions, 260 million lab tests … age, sex, eligibility, homelessness, death indicator) Visit information (e.g. ICD-9 diagnosis codes, E&M codes, …
  • Using cross-correlation networks to identify and visualize patterns in disease transmission

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance data such as the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) is broadly monitored to provide awareness of respiratory disease epidemiology. Diverse algorithms have been employed to find geospatial trends in … read more
    … rates. Methods For this pilot study, we analyzed patient visits to health care providers for ILI, collected through … data consist of the weighted percentage of all patient visits to healthcare providers for ILI reported each week. … weak transmission (region nine) of ILI cases in hospital visit data. Other observations from the network are …
  • Using cross-correlation networks to identify and visualize patterns in disease transmission

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance data such as the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) is broadly monitored to provide awareness of respiratory disease epidemiology. Diverse algorithms have been employed to find geospatial trends in surveillance data,… read more
    … rates. Methods For this pilot study, we analyzed patient visits to health care providers for ILI, collected through … data consist of the weighted percentage of all patient visits to healthcare providers for ILI reported each week. … weak transmission (region nine) of ILI cases in hospital visit data. Other observations from the network are …
  • Assessing the Utility of Syndromic Surveillance Systems during Extreme Weather Conditions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Recent extreme weather events have caused serious health and social problems across Europe. During the summer heat waves of 2003 across Europe, France recorded an excess of over 14,000 deaths contributed to heat-related causes. Other countries such… read more
    … electronic medical records for emergency department visits, are already in existence in many of the countires … electronic medical records for emergency department visits, are already in exis- tence in many of the countires … electronic medical records for emergency department visits, are already in existence in many of the countires …
  • Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more
    … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … Society for Disease Surveillance, Boston, MA, USA E-mail: krk9@cdc.gov Objective To compare ILI data reported to … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, …
  • Extreme Weather Surveillance

    Content Type: Use Case

    Problem Summary Given the background of climate change, there is an increasing demand for public health to characterize weather-related illness. The public health impact of extreme heat or cold events can be characterized from Emergency… read more
    … by Knowlton looked specifically at emergency department visits during the 2006 California heat wave and found a significant increase in ED visits but not hospitalizations. Stratifying by region, age … and nephritis. Patterns that were distinct for ED visits included electrolyte imbalance in the youngest age …