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  • Acquired Syphilis v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Acquired syphilis is an infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum that is most commonly transmitted via sexual contact. Syphilitic infections progress through multiple stages, alternating between… read more
    … Terms (SNOMED CT) as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest and not the Council of State and … based on Acquired Syphilis complaint free text terms: The visit is included if it contains: A chief complaint related … Terms (SNOMED CT) as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest and not the Council of State and …
  • Applying classification and anomaly detection techniques to real-world data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Real-world public health data often provide numerous challenges. There may be a limited amount of background data, data dropouts, noise, and human error. The data from an emergency department (ED) in Urbana, IL includes a … read more
    … week- ends, and also adjust for the total number of ED visits on a particular day. For comparison, we grouped the … weekends and weekdays, and adjusted for total number of visits. Results For the Flu-Like Illness Syndrome, the … from weekday data and adjusted for the total number of ED visits was the most sensitive, generating alerts on 19 days …
  • Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more
    … query feature to search for rabies related patient visits. However, a more automated method was desired that … file was developed to execute a SQL query script and email the results in html format. After some … The veterinary epidemiologist receives an auto- generated email each Monday morning, indicating a new data report is …
  • CDC Chickenpox v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying patients likely to have varicella (chickenpox) by reviewing visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) settings for early varicella… read more
    … likely to have varicella (chickenpox) by reviewing visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) … likely to have varicella (chickenpox) by reviewing visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify Emerging Trends in Designer Drug Use

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of ED and PCC data has been widely used for the detection, tracking monitoring and monitoring of health events (e.g. bioterrorism, , disease outbreaks, environmental exposures) over the past decade. In recent years, these data… read more
    … widely, a specific classifier was created to define ED visits related to bath salts. This classifier included many … use for bath salts. Due to small daily counts of both ED visits and PCC exposure calls, the data were totaled by … August 19, 2011. *Alise Brown E-mail: alise.brown@odh.ohio.gov (page number not for citation …
  • Effect of expanded recommendations for pediatric seasonal influenza vaccination: an international comparison

    Content Type: Abstract

    Seasonal influenza epidemics are responsible for over 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States per year, and 39,000 of them are in children. In the United States, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guides… read more
    … to make an international comparison of rates of ED visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) following the United … the post-policy change response of ILI-related ED visits to Children’s Hospital Boston, using Montreal … We observed a 34% decline in the rate of ILI-related ED visits among two- to four-year-olds for Children’s Hospital …
  • MERS Syndromic Surveillance Guidance Review

    Content Type: Webinar

    Please join ISDS and CDC for an information webinar related to syndromic surveillance of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the US.On May 2, 2014, the first U.S. imported case of MERS was confirmed in Indiana.  Guidance was recently… read more
    …   Number  of  People   ISDS  Sent  Announcement  via  E-­‐mail   2130   Opened  Announcement   546  (26.7%)   Clicked  on  Announcement  Email   106  (19.4%)     2   (percentage  based  on  #  of …
  • CDC Broad Acute Respiratory

    Content Type: Syndrome

    To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) settings with diagnostic codes associated with a broad range of acute respiratory… read more
    … and federal public health practitioners in identifying visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) … and federal public health practitioners in identifying visits in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care (UC) …