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  • BioDefend Syndromic Surveillance System Influenza Activity Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    Many syndromic surveillance systems have been developed and are operational, yet lack concise guidelines for investigating and conducting followups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department visits from six reporting hospitals… read more
    … followups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department visits from six reporting hospitals in the Duval County area … ups on daily alarms. Daily emergency department (ED) visits from six reporting hospitals in the Duval County area … increase was observed in statewide sentinel provider ILI visits coincidently with an overall increase in laboratory …
  • Data Quality

    Content Type: Use Case

    Problem Summary Data collection across a growing stream of contributing facilities and variables requires automated, consistent, and efficient monitoring of quality. Epidemiologists tasked with analyzing syndromic data need to be confident in the… read more
    … Seattle &King County (WA); Marion County (IN) Phone: 206-263-8154 (Seattle & King County) or 317-221-3362 … facility and jurisdictional level. Volume of patient visits and the severity of the missing variable to analytic … that can be provided to address the problem: Unique visit ID, Visit Date, Chief Complaint, Facility ID, Age, …
  • Identifying Emergency Department Care in the Year Prior to Suicide Death

    Content Type: Abstract

    Suicide is a leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing about 45,000 deaths annually. Research suggests that universal screening in health care settings may be beneficial for prevention, but few studies have combined detailed suicide… read more
    … : To identify potential emergency department (ED) visits prior to suicide deaths in North Carolina (NC) and … : To identify potential emergency department (ED) visits prior to suicide deaths in North Carolina (NC) and …
  • Falls - Wisconsin Department of Health Services

    Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to track falling related emergency room visits. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.) ESSENCE…
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    … was created to track falling related emergency room visits.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R … was created to track falling related emergency room visits.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R …
  • Fast Graph Structure Learning from Unlabeled Data for Outbreak Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    Disease surveillance data often has an underlying network structure (e.g. for outbreaks which spread by person-to-person contact). If the underlying graph structure is known, detection methods such as GraphScan (1) can be used to identify an… read more
    … the time series of observed counts (e.g. daily hospital visits for each zip code). Objective Our goal is to learn … the time series of observed counts (e.g., daily hospital visits for each zip code). Methods Our solution builds on … the time series of observed counts (e.g. daily hospital visits for each zip code). Objective Our goal is to learn …
  • Special Event Data

    Content Type: Use Case

    Problem Summary A truncated historical dataset is provided from one or more subregions with multiple participating hospitals with enough variety in the patient volume and demographics to make the problem challenging and to generate alerting… read more
    …  or  affiliation:     Florida  Dept.  of  Health   Phone:     Email:   david.atrubin@flhealth.gov   …  truncated  dataset  consist  of  date  and  time  of  visit,  patient  residence  zip  code,  and  consistent   …   Minimum  data  elements:  date  and  time  of  visit,  patient  residence  zip  code,  and  consistent …
  • Exploring the Expanded PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    ISDS, in collaboration with and with the support of CDC, recently released a new version of the PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance. This Guide expands on previous versions and includes specifications for transmitting… read more
    …  (TreaBng)     Message  Date/Time     Unique  PaBent/Visit  IdenBfier     Age     Age  Units*  (Condi'onal)     …     PaBent  Country     Chief  Complaint/  Reason  for  Visit     Admit  or  Encounter  Date/Time   PaBent  Class   …  feedback  on  drao  versions  of  this  Guide  through   phone  calls,  discussion  forum,  and  email   Special …
  • Tracking suspected heroin overdoses in CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program

    Content Type: Abstract

    Overdose deaths involving opioids (i.e., opioid pain relievers and illicit opioids such as heroin) accounted for at least 63% (N = 33,091) of overdose deaths in 2015. Overdose deaths related to illicit opioids, heroin and illicitly-manufactured… read more
    … near real-time ED data on approximately two-thirds of ED visits in the US. NSSP’s data analysis and visualization … allows for tailored syndrome queries and can monitor ED visits related to heroin overdose at the local, state, … near real-time ED data on approximately two-thirds of ED visits in the US. NSSP’s data analysis and visualization …