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  • Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information… read more
    … departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each …
  • Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables

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    The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more
    … hospital discharge or death records, monitoring of ED visits is the timeliest and an inexpensive method for … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense

    Content Type: Abstract

    Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more
    … (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into … but do not quantify the relationship between ILI visits and hospital admissions. Objective The purpose of … analysis of clinically rich hospital data. Patterns of visits and severity measures such as the ratio of admissions …
  • Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007

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    The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more
    … Chief complaint data from emergency department (ED) visits and over-the-counter (OTC) medications are … the usability of OTC sales to detect influenza. OTC data may provide an earlier alert to illness than other sources, …
  • Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age

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    Epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major contributor to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and norovirus epidemics present a significant burden annually, with their predominant impact in temperate climates occurring… read more
    … causes an estimated 600,000 deaths worldwide, and 70,000 hospitalizations in the US, primarily among children … pilot for monitoring AGE syndromic emergency department visits, and present preliminary analysis of age-specific … 21894257. *Don Olson E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. …
  • Opioid Seizures by Law Enforcement in Relation to Emergency Room Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2016, there were approximately 63,000 deaths nationally due to drug overdose. This trend continues to increase with the provisional number of US deaths for 2017 being approximately 72,000 (1). This increase in overdose deaths is fueled largely by… read more
    … fentanyl beginning in 2013 (2). In Missouri, ER visits follow similar trends with heroin overdose visits greatly increasing after 2011. While PDMPs help …
  • Experimental Syndromic Surveillance in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer

    Content Type: Abstract

    We started an experimental syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer from this year so as to early detect bioterrorism attack (BTA). 
    … syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer … outpatients visit are also prompted. Further information: Y. Ohkusa ohkusa@nih.go.jp Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Going Beyond Chief Complaints to Identify Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits

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    Overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids are a growing cause of mortality in the United States. Deaths from opioids have contributed to a rise in the overall mortality rate of middle-aged white males during an era when other demographics are… read more
    … patients died from opioid overdoses. Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses can provide a more timely proxy … the information necessary to differentiate opioid-related visits from other overdoses.  Objective To identify heroin- …