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  • Asyndromic Cluster Detection Use Case

    Content Type: Use Case

    Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Surveillance: Asyndromic Cluster Detection consultancy held June 9-10, 2015 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Problem Summary A syndrome cannot be created to… read more
    … cluster_detection_solution_for_unclassfied_visit_records.pdf View the Consultancy documents associated … Lab to detect clusters of interest based solely on visit counts (no syndromes) (Li et al, 2013). TOA detects … the line listing data reveal any commonalities among the visits that might be of public health significance. This can …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … a retrospective study of emergency department (ED) visits at four New York State hospitals from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2007. These hospitals have annual ED visits ranging from 24,000 to 33,000 and have electronic … was possibly infectious in origin. We did not count the visit within a GI sub-syndrome if another specific etiology …
  • West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Mass gatherings—defined as events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host state—pose unique surveillance challenges. Attendees can be at greater (or high) risk for injuries due to… read more
    … discharged and returned on-site the same day. At least 29 visits (39%) were injury related (sprains, fractures, contusion), and 29 visits (39%) were classified as other (dehydration, heart … to call healthcare facilities daily to collect patient visit information. Syndromic surveillance requires fewer …
  • Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more
    … for analysis RESULTS ESSENCE In 2006, there were 431 ED visits for substance abuse among youth aged 10 to 19 years. There was no difference in the percentage of visits by gender. Seasonality showed that there were a … among teens (10 – 19 years) with an average cost per visit of $17,621. There was no difference in the number of …
  • Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Based on General Practitioner's Data, SOS Medecins Bordeaux

    Content Type: Abstract

    To describe and evaluate the SOS Medecins Bordeaux syndromic surveillance system .
    … system based on general practitioners’ (GP) house visits in the Bordeaux area in collaboration with SOS … GPs network in France, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week [1]. SOS Médecins Bordeaux … representing a total of about 800,000 habitants. For each visit, all health complaints and symptoms reported by …
  • Sensibility and Specificity of Syndromic System for Influenza Based on General Practitioners Network in Gironde, France

    Content Type: Abstract

    To determine sensitivity and specificity of syndromic surveillance of influenza based on data from SOS Medecins, a healthcare network of emergency general practitioners (GP) in Bordeaux, France.
    … automatically on a daily basis and information on visits were analysed every day by epidemiologists of the … were compared. RESULTS Over the study period, 81,143 GP’s visits for influenza syndrome were recorded in the area of … (http://www.sosmedecins- france.fr/en/default.htm). Last visit on 10/07/2007. [3] Flahault A, Boussard E, Vibert JF, …
  • Using ESSENCE to Meet Local Needs for Mental Health Data: Query & Results

    Content Type: Abstract

    Mental health is a common and costly concern; it is estimated that nearly 20 percent of adults in the United States live with a mental illness [1] and that more money is spent on mental illness than any other medical condition [2]. One spillover… read more
    … (H-CUP) found a 55% increase in emergency department visits for depression, anxiety, and stress reactions between … (H-CUP) found a 55% increase in emergency department visits for depression, anxiety, and stress reactions between …
  • Identifying Clusters of Rare and Novel Words in Emergency Department Chief Complaints

    Content Type: Abstract

    A goal of biosurveillance is to identify incidents that require a public health response. The challenge is creating specific definitions of such incidents so they can be detected. In syndromic surveillance, this is accomplished by classifying… read more
    … data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only … data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only …