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  • Development and Application of Syndromic Surveillance for Severe Weather Events Following Hurricane Sandy

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Following Hurricane Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) developed indicators to enhance syndromic surveillance for extreme weather events in EpiCenter, an online system that collects and analyzes… read more
    … emergency department (ED) data and classifies each visit by indicator or syndrome. Tsai Stella Hamby Teresa Chu … emergency department (ED) data and classifies each visit by indicator or syndrome. …
  • Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more
    … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for … ED visits. The collection and use of real-time ED visit data on SI and SA could support a more targeted and … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for …
  • CDC Heroin Overdose v4

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected heroin overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a heroin poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis code for heroin poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • CDC Stimulant Overdose v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis code for stimulant poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more
    … daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … and the use of real data with both syndromic and total visit counts enables this adjustment. Objective We compared … daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of …
  • Alabama Department of Public Health–Syndromic Surveillance Monitoring and Improving Data Quality

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Data latency limited the Alabama Department of Public Health’s (ADPH) ability torecognize and respond quickly to public health threats. Despite ADPH’s request that 95% of syndromic surveillance (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24… read more
    … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, …
  • Crowdout: When do other events hinder informal disease surveillance?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Informal surveillance systems like HealthMap are effective at the early detection of outbreaks. However, reliance on informal sources such as news media makes the efficiency of these systems vulnerable to newsroom constraints, namely high-profile… read more
    … likely to occur. Document Crowdout_When_Do_Other_Events_Hinder_Informal_Disease_Surveillance.pdf 4 views Submitted … Crowdout: when do other events hinder informal disease surveillance? David Scales*, Emily … Crowdout: When do other events hinder informal disease surveillance? …
  • Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more
    … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of … ED visits during the first period, terms in 524 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the initial case … ED visits during the second period, terms in 698 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the revised case …