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  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation

    Content Type: Abstract

    Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read more
    … were blank to account for homelessness were included. Visits were reviewed if CC included keywords based on common … as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a …
  • Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests

    Content Type: Use Case

    Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more
    … New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Phone: (347) 396-2679 Email: sgreene4@health.nyc.gov … to the CC/discharge diagnosis fields affect how an ED visit is defined. If the change is substantial, using a …
  • HAI Surveillance Enhancement within EpiCenter by Utilization of Triage Notes

    Content Type: Abstract

    In New Jersey, Health Monitoring Systems Inc.’s (HMS) EpiCenter collects chief complaint data for syndromic surveillance from 79 of 80 emergency departments (ED). Using keyword algorithms, these visits are classified into syndrome categories for… read more
    … departments (ED). Using keyword algorithms, these visits are classified into syndrome categories for … departments (ED). Using keyword algorithms, these visits are classified into syndrome categories for …
  • A general overview of the French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented May 16, 2019. After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas… read more
    … practitioners, SOS Médecins, whose members perform home visits. The system also collects mortality data from the … practitioners, SOS Médecins, whose members perform home visits. The system also collects mortality data from the …
  • Modifications to Spatial Scan Statistics for Estimated Probabilities at Fine-Resolution in Highly Skewed Spatial Distributions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Estimation of representative spatial probabilities and expected counts from baseline data can cause problems in applying spatial scan statistics when observed events are sparse in a large percentage of the spatial zones (e.g.,… read more
    … this inves- tigation of alternatives. METHODS Counts of visits to Texas Department of Defense (DoD) clinics, grouped … the cho- sen syndrome groups from the Texas DoD clinic visit counts at the residence-zip code and home-zip code …
  • Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes

    Content Type: Abstract

    Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected by an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state (Iowa, USA) level. Historically, the Iowa Department of Public Health has maintained 19 different influenza sentinel… read more
    … ‘noticed’ by a surveillance site (and thus having their visit reported back to the IDPH). The Huff model operates by … using two different probabilistic models for patient visits. To generate the best results from a disease …
  • Heat-related Illness - CSTE Heat Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This definition is based the following document created by the CSTE Heat Workgroup: Heat-related Illness Syndrome Query: A guidance Document for Implementing Heat-related Illness Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice (attached). The query… read more
    … these data may be available on the same day as a patient visit or the following day, depending on technology … clinical records This query was developed for ED visit and inpatient hospital admission data but was designed … way to check a syndrome query’s accuracy is to compare ED visits identified by the query with the final diagnosis …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more
    … that monitor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … that mon- itor information from emergency department (ED) visits. In addition, because SS development was … The inability of the SS system to detect increases in ED visits due to respiratory illness triggered by smoke …