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  • Open Source Development of Syndromic Investigation Decision Support Tools

    Content Type: Abstract

    Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS), a syndromic surveillance system created by the University of Pittsburgh has been used in Ohio by the state and local health departments since late 2003. There are currently 133… read more
    … facilities providing 88% coverage of emergency department visits statewide to the RODS system managed by Health … date admitted, age, gender, zip code, hospital name, visit number, chief complaint, and syndrome. The HMS-RODS … [https://www.rods.pitt.edu/site/index.php?option=com_content&ta sk=view&id=13&Itemid=78]. 07/30/2008. [2] …
  • An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in Northern Illinois

    Content Type: Abstract

    Comparison of heat-related health effects across regions or among different syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. While a national standard for common heat-related syndromes… read more
    … … An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in …
  • CDC All Drug Overdose v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected overdoses of any drug. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected overdoses of any drug. How it was … code indicating a drug poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. In … mdma ^,or,^e[sc][cs]ta[cs]y^,or,^e[xsc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ex[sc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ moly ^,or,^ …
  • Development of Syndrome Definitions for Acute Unintentional Drug and Heroin Overdose

    Content Type: Abstract

    Nationally, deaths due to opioid overdose have continually increased for the past 15 years . Deaths specifically related to heroin increased more than four-fold between 2002 and 2014. Hospital inpatient discharge data provide information on non… read more
    … include a significant lag in reporting time. Syndromic ED visit data provide near real-time identification of public … unspecified substances among emergency department (ED) visits in Virginia. Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Sat, … unspecified substances among emergency department (ED) visits in Virginia. … Development of Syndrome Definitions …
  • Traveling Epidemic Waves in Biosurveillance Data: Identifying Early Hotspots of Respiratory Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    We have previously shown that timeliness of detection is influenced both by the data source (e.g., ambulatory vs. emergency department) and demographic characteristics of patient populations (e.g., age). Because epidemic waves are thought to… read more
    … large cities, patient distance from an urban center also may affect disease susceptibility and hence timing of visits. Here, we describe spatial models of local … of Respiratory Illness John S. Brownstein, Ph.D., Ben Y. Reis, PhD, Kenneth D. Mandl, M.D. Children’s Hospital …
  • Towards Estimating Childhood Obesity Prevalence Using Electronic Health Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although recent data suggests childhood obesity prevalence has stabilized, an estimated 1 in 3 U.S. children are overweight or obese.1 Further, there is variation by racial and ethnic groups, location, age, and poverty2, resulting in a need for… read more
    … to the population. Additionally, the type of clinical visit (e.g., wellness vs. acute) may affect the prevalence … may be additional selection biases based on the type of visit and whether height and weight was measured and … The current work sought to quantify the effect of visit type on childhood overweight and obesity prevalence …
  • An automated influenza-like-illness reporting system using freetext emergency department reports

    Content Type: Abstract

    Current methods for influenza surveillance include laboratory confirmed case reporting, sentinel physician reporting of Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and chief-complaint monitoring from emergency departments (EDs). The current… read more
    … system using freetext emergency department reports F-C Tsui1, H Su1, J Dowling1, RE Voorhees2, JU Espino1, and … HK000063-01. References 1 Friedman C, Shagina L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents … area [online] 2009 cited. Available from: http://kdka.com/health/H1N1.flu.deaths. 2.1321133.html. Automated …
  • Utilizing syndromic surveillance systems for climate-related outcomes

    Content Type: Webinar

    Adverse health effects related to climate change are currently being seen, and these adverse outcomes are likely to increase in the future. Syndromic surveillance systems can provide near-real time information which may be used for situational… read more
    … systems can provide near-real time information which may be used for situational awareness as communities react … such as triage notes or diagnostic data at time of visit (e.g. blood pressure), which can also be used for … Society for Disease Surveillance onarom.lh@gmail.com ISDS website: www.healthsurveillance.org Thank you to …