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  • Syndromic Surveillance Regional Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 5

    Content Type: Report

    Thirteen surveillance professionals from seven state and local public health agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Region 5 planned and participated in the 2-day Workshop. The participants selected data sharing… read more
    … increasingly accessible to PHAs. For every PHA, 100% ED visit coverage is an achievable goal and the tools for … participating in and providing emergency department visit data to the nationwide BioSense 2.0 syndromic … case definitions using electronic emergency department visit data records; 2. Applied and evaluated analysis plans …
  • Development and Evaluation of a Data-adaptive Algorithm for Univariate Temporal Biosurveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Numerous recent papers have evaluated algorithms for biosurveillance anomaly detection. Common essential problems in the disparate, evolving data environment include trends, day-of-week effects, and other systematic behavior.… read more
    … of authentic outpatient data covering 1402 days of clinic visit counts. Receiver operating characteristic curves were … 2. Brillman JC, et.al. Modeling emergency department visit patterns for infectious disease complaints: results …
  • Mental and Behavioral Health Resources

    Content Type: References

    The document includes examples of mental and behavioral health resources at the national, federal, state, and local levels. This list was compiled as a supplement for an… read more
    … in mental and behavioral health emergency department visits among school-aged children . Referenced File Document … one for mental health-related emergency department visits. 2. NC DETECT Mental Health Data Dashboard 3. NC … in mental and behavioral health emergency department visits among school-aged children . …
  • Hospital Roadmap to SS Success

    Content Type: Form

    This checklist will prepare Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to fulfill Syndromic Surveillance (SS) interoperability with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and begin the process of meeting Stage 2… read more
    … Surveillance tab http://www.azdhs.gov/meaningful-use/ Visit the BioSense 2.0 System website to learn more about … guide. Test message types are as follows: A01 = Admit/Visit; A03 = Discharge/End Visit; A04 = Registration; A08 = Update Patient Information …
  • Modeling Disease Surveillance and Assessing its Effectiveness for Detection of Acute Respiratory Outbreaks in Resource-Limited Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    A U.S. Department of Defense program is underway to assess health surveillance in resource-poor settings and to evaluate the Early Warning Outbreak Reporting System. This program has included several information-gathering trips,… read more
    … uses health and census data collected during the 2006 Lao visit and incorporates features of recently published agent- … Scenarios investigated were derived from the Lao site visit--the gain from adding EWORS capability in strategic …
  • Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age

    Content Type: Abstract

    Epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major contributor to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and norovirus epidemics present a significant burden annually, with their predominant impact in temperate climates occurring… read more
    … AGE data, 6 provided historical baseline data going back to January 2006 or earlier. Of these, 3 were state, 3 … ratios [(weekly AGE syndrome count)/ (total ED visit count)] were assessed by jurisdiction and age group. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Boston: Validating the Detection of Small Events and Integrating Response from a Local Health Department

    Content Type: Abstract

    The interpretation of aberrations detected by syndromic surveillance is critical for success, but poses challenges for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the response of the… read more
    … for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the … for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the … complaint and demographic data are received for each visit; chief complaints are then grouped into eight syndrome …
  • Assessing and Optimizing the Accuracy of Physician Billing Claims for Use in Automated Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    To assess the accuracy of community-based physician claims for identifying 5 syndromes: fever, gastrointestinal, neurological, rash, and respiratory.
    … status (+/-), syn- drome type, syndrome ICD-9 code, and visit month (to avoid seasonal bias). The RAMQ then sent the … patient complaints, symptoms, and signs for each sampled visit. The sensitivity, specific- ity, and positive …