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Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
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Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more… across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the … -
Use of the Connecticut Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Situational Awareness During Public Health Events
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In Connecticut (CT), several syndromic surveillance systems have been established by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to detect and monitor potential public health threats. The emergency department syndromic surveillance (EDSS)… read more… and were compared to July 2006-June 2008. Monthly visit frequencies and the percentage change in visits were … -
Variation of Chief Complaint-Based Respiratory Symptom Data in One Hospital's Nurse Advice Call Center and Emergency Department
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The objective of this report is to describe the variation of symptoms being detected as respiratory or influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome using nurse advice call center (NACC) data and emergency department (ED) chief complaint data compared to… read more… tests occurring within 14 days of NACC call or ED visit by patient first name, last name and date of birth. We … -
Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document
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This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more… using borrowed syndrome definitions, you may find they lack your region-specific terminology, do not accommodate … and modify as necessary. Try to think about how a visit for your condition of interest may be unique. Consider … ESSENCE data and apply your new CCDD Category tag to any visit meeting the criteria. Working forward, your CCDD … -
JIRA Service Desk: The New Portal for NSSP/BioSense Technical Assistance
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An introduction to the NSSP Service Desk portal for technical assistance which is replacing the old "BioSenseProgram" help desk email with nssp@cdc.gov email address. Agenda:- Create Your…
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Syndromic Surveillance and Heat Wave: Is it Working?
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Most of the time, health consequences of heat waves are serious. Heat wave response plans were developed for reducing health effects but even if they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences.… read more… through the Internet. Items collected for each patient visit included the diagnosis code according to ICD10, … -
Benchmark Data Generation from Discrete Event Contact Network Models
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Historical data are essential for development of detection algorithms. Spatio-temporal data, however, are difficult to come by due to variety of issues concerning patient confidentiality. Several approaches have been used to … read more… of spatio-temporal data corresponding to the time of visit and patient location (census tracts) when symptomatic … -
Integration of Hospital Admissions, Febrile Respiratory Illness Screening and Triage Acuity Score into an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System
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This paper outlines the integration of hospital admission, Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI) screening and Canadian Triage and Acuity Score (CTAS) data streams within an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance system. These data elements allow… read more… postal code of resi- dence, hospital and date and time of visit. DATA ELEMENTS Admission data – The physician’s … the patient responds YES to A and B, they are asked two follow-up questions regarding travel his- tory or contact …