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  • Construction of an Indicator for Syndromic Surveillance of Gastroenteritis using Data from a General Practitioner Network, Bordeaux, France

    Content Type: Abstract

    In France, surveillance of seasonal gastroenteritis uses to be monitored by an information system based on a computer network of physicians so called Sentinel Network (1). Regionally, the use of this system as limitations. SOS Medecin is an… read more
    … in many French cities, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. In Bordeaux, this … a daily transmission of every diagnostic related to their visits. Objective To construct an indicator adapted for … in many French cities, which undertakes home medical visits 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. In Bordeaux, this …
  • Towards Linking Anonymous Authorship in Casual Sexual Encounter Ads

    Content Type: Abstract

    The increasing use of the Internet to arrange sexual encounters presents challenges to public health agencies formulating STD interventions, particularly in the context of anonymous encounters. These encounters complicate or break traditional… read more
    … to bypass Craigslist filters, which prohibit including phone numbers in personal ads. By matching phone numbers of this type across all ads, we can create a … to bypass Craigslist filters, which prohibit including phone numbers in personal ads. By matching phone numbers of …
  • Health Effects of LA county Wildfires in October 2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    Determine if poor air quality resulting from wildfires could be measured in the general population by monitoring smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits.
    … smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits. Document … smoke-related respiratory Emergency Department (EDs) visits. BACKGROUND October 20, 2007 marked the beginning of … week of November to further quantify the change in ED visit frequency resulting from the poor air quality. RESULTS …
  • 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
    … (BPHC) to a cluster of emergency department (ED) visits in children detected by syndromic surveillance. … (BPHC) to a cluster of emergency department (ED) visits in children detected by syndromic surveillance. … complaint and demographic data are received for each visit; chief complaints are then grouped into eight syndrome …
  • An Exploration of New Uses of Traditional Data within an Ecological Study: Air Quality Effects on Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation Analysis

    Content Type: Abstract

    Under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the DC DOH established the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHTP) to monitor specific environmental and public health indicators and to investigate any… read more
    … 2004 and DC hospital pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for asthma exacerbations.    Objective The study … the relationship between air quality and pediatric ED visits for asthma among DC residents over a 3 year period. … air quality and pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for asthma among DC residents over a 3 year period. …
  • Comparison of ED and Urgent Care ILI Surveillance Data From the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of health care data such as the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes related to Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI), was used to track the progression of the 2009 Fall Novel H1N1 Outbreak in the… read more
    … Furthermore, one group found that ILI related phone calls to urgent care centers predicted influenza … EDs (2). Furthermore, one group found that ILI-related phone calls to urgent care centers predicted influenza … care centers was 0.298 in comparison with 0.125 for ED visits during the 2009 Fall Novel H1N1 influenza outbreak. …
  • Post-Katrina Situational Awareness in North Carolina

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) is the early event detection system that serves public health users across North Carolina. One important data source for this system is North… read more
    … for this system is North Carolina emergency department visits. ED data from hospitals across the state are … of monitoring hurricane Katrina evacuees’ hospital visits in North Carolina. Document … of monitoring hurricane Katrina evacuees’ hospital visits in North Carolina. BACKGROUND The North Carolina …
  • Syndromic Surveillance and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery (SPHERR) Subcommittee Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2024• September 2024 (Injury & Illness Trends in Grand Canyon)-… read more
    … February 2022 - No call this month January 2022 The Give: Visits of Interest Query and BT-related Queries in ESSENCE … Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits - Recording , Agenda April 2021  The Give: Winter …  (The Give: An Optimal Algorithm Matching EMS Data to ED Visit Data and Development and Use of Queries Related to …