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  • Detection of a Vaccine-preventable Reportable Disease: Comparison of Physician Reporting vs. an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Communicable diseases are underreported by physicians, especially diseases without laboratory tests. The goals of our study were to determine reporting levels for clinical chickenpox, describe clinical data elements common to chickenpox, and assess… read more
    … on intake. 37% had varicella vaccine at a prior clinic visit. Chief complaints included rash (62%), chickenpox … (3%). 81% were prescribed medications during their visit, including dyphenhydramine or hydroxyzine (43%), …
  • Data for Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 6, 2016 Amy Ising presented these slides during the ISDS Pre-Conference Workshop as part of the 2016 ISDS Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation provices an introduction to Syndromic Surveillance, an overview… read more
    … up Rash on l leg,red swollen. Fever started today with back pain. Fever/Rash GI-Severe Free Text ED visit Data  Syndrome © 2016 University of North Carolina at … ENCOUNTER KICKED BY HORSE S30.0XXA - CONTUSION OF LOWER BACK AND PELVIS, INITIAL ENCOUNTER W55.12XA - STRUCK BY …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Regional Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 5

    Content Type: Report

    Thirteen surveillance professionals from seven state and local public health agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Region 5 planned and participated in the 2-day Workshop. The participants selected data sharing… read more
    … increasingly accessible to PHAs. For every PHA, 100% ED visit coverage is an achievable goal and the tools for … participating in and providing emergency department visit data to the nationwide BioSense 2.0 syndromic … case definitions using electronic emergency department visit data records; 2. Applied and evaluated analysis plans …
  • Development and Evaluation of a Data-adaptive Algorithm for Univariate Temporal Biosurveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Numerous recent papers have evaluated algorithms for biosurveillance anomaly detection. Common essential problems in the disparate, evolving data environment include trends, day-of-week effects, and other systematic behavior.… read more
    … of authentic outpatient data covering 1402 days of clinic visit counts. Receiver operating characteristic curves were … 2. Brillman JC, et.al. Modeling emergency department visit patterns for infectious disease complaints: results …
  • Hospital Roadmap to SS Success

    Content Type: Form

    This checklist will prepare Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to fulfill Syndromic Surveillance (SS) interoperability with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and begin the process of meeting Stage 2… read more
    … Surveillance tab http://www.azdhs.gov/meaningful-use/ Visit the BioSense 2.0 System website to learn more about … guide. Test message types are as follows: A01 = Admit/Visit; A03 = Discharge/End Visit; A04 = Registration; A08 = Update Patient Information …
  • Modeling Disease Surveillance and Assessing its Effectiveness for Detection of Acute Respiratory Outbreaks in Resource-Limited Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    A U.S. Department of Defense program is underway to assess health surveillance in resource-poor settings and to evaluate the Early Warning Outbreak Reporting System. This program has included several information-gathering trips,… read more
    … uses health and census data collected during the 2006 Lao visit and incorporates features of recently published agent- … Scenarios investigated were derived from the Lao site visit--the gain from adding EWORS capability in strategic …
  • Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … AGE data, 6 provided historical baseline data going back to January 2006 or earlier. Of these, 3 were state, 3 … ratios [(weekly AGE syndrome count)/ (total ED visit count)] were assessed by jurisdiction and age group. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Boston: Validating the Detection of Small Events and Integrating Response from a Local Health Department

    Content Type: Abstract

    The interpretation of aberrations detected by syndromic surveillance is critical for success, but poses challenges for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the response of the… read more
    … complaint and demographic data are received for each visit; chief complaints are then grouped into eight syndrome … surveillance by contacting the EDs and obtaining ED visit charts. Patient or parent interviews were conducted …