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  • Self Harm v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose:This query is intended to identify visits in the emergency department (ED) with diagnostic codes and/or chief complaints associated with a broad range of self-harm injuries and/or behavior. This includes codes (… read more
    … Query purpose: This query is intended to identify visits in the emergency department (ED) with diagnostic … states that conducted testing (WA, KS, VT, and CO). A visit was confirmed as intentional self-harm by supportive … or ruled out if it was not related to self-harm (such as follow-up or sequalae visits for previous self-harm, or …
  • How Missing Discharge Diagnosis Data in Syndromic Surveillance Leads to Coverage Gaps

    Content Type: Abstract

    Indiana utilizes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to collect and analyze data from participating hospital emergency departments. This real-time collection of health related data is… read more
    … see under reporting or incomplete surveillance due to the lack of the discharge diagnosis field. Objective: To … see under reporting or incomplete surveillance due to the lack of the discharge diagnosis field. Objective: To …
  • Mobile Technology Systems for Surveillance in Low Resource Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Mobile technology provides opportunities to monitor and improve health in areas of the world where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to increased usage of mobile technology for… read more
    … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to … where resources are scarce. Poor infrastructure and the lack of access to medical services for millions have led to …
  • Syndrome Definition Development Toolkit

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    PurposeThe purpose of this document is to standardize and formalize the process for adding new and updating existing syndrome definitions (CCDD Categories) in the NSSP-ESSENCE instance of the BioSense platform. While jurisdictions… read more
    … their own local versions of ESSENCE do not need to follow this process, this can still serve as a guidance … their own local versions of ESSENCE do not need to follow this process, this can still serve as a guidance … criteria (primarily ESSENCE regex-based) used to classify visits as [condition]-like or suspect [condition] • Query: …
  • Heroin Overdose v5 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal heroin-involved overdoses using syndromic surveillance… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal heroin-involved overdoses … overdose syndrome definition was designed to identify ED visits for suspected nonfatal heroin-involved overdoses of … intent. The query relies on data in two fields from ED visit records to identify encounters that meet the …
  • Dengue Surveillance and Control: One Health Case Study

    Content Type: Case Study

    Pakistan being a subtropical region is highly susceptible to water-borne, air-borne and vector-borne infectious diseases (IDs). Each year, millions of its people are exposed to, and infected with, deadly pathogens including hepatitis, tuberculosis,… read more
    … or man-made IDs is non-existent in the country due to lack of robust infrastructure for health surveillance. DF … or man-made IDs is non-existent in the country due to lack of robust infrastructure for health surveillance. DF … to overcome. A major challenge faced by OHS system was lack of complete information pertaining to disease …
  • The SAS/SaTScan Macro Accessory for Cartography (SMAC) Package

    Content Type: Abstract

    SaTScan is a program often used for space-time cluster detection. In order to run SaTScan, the data must be in a pre-specified text format. Once the input files are in the correct format, the typical user opens SaTScan, chooses… read more
    … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas … that rely on SaTScan for surveillance. In addition, the lack of graphical output, such as a map of the areas …
  • Poliomyelitis v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with ED data as part of the rapid reportables project, which seeks to create queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the… read more
    … future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and … polio-related chief complaint free-text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … "immuniz", "prophy", "post polio", "encounter for", "follow up") OR ICD-10 discharge diagnosis codes related to …