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A County Health Department's Analysis and Dissemination Algorithm of a Neruological Syndrome Aberration to Respective Community Stakeholders
Content Type: Abstract
The purpose of this study is to depict a local county health departmentÃs analysis and dissemination algorithm of surveillance system (SS) aberration (alarm) to designated stakeholders within the community.… [age, sex, zip code, facility location, and time of visit] for possible epidemiological links, (5) Correlated … -
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings
Content Type: Success Stories
Mass gatherings—defined as events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host state—pose unique surveillance challenges. Attendees can be at greater (or high) risk for injuries due to… read more… to call healthcare facilities daily to collect patient visit information. Syndromic surveillance requires fewer … to call healthcare facilities daily to collect patient visit information. Syndromic surveillance requires fewer … -
Construction of an Indicator for Syndromic Surveillance of Gastroenteritis using Data from a General Practitioner Network, Bordeaux, France
Content Type: Abstract
In France, surveillance of seasonal gastroenteritis uses to be monitored by an information system based on a computer network of physicians so called Sentinel Network (1). Regionally, the use of this system as limitations. SOS Medecin is an… read more… related to their visits. Methods Data related to visit for Acute diarrhea and/or vomiting available from the … -
The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more… pertaining to the child’s current illness. After the visit, the sub- ject’s medical record was abstracted and … -
CDC Firearm Injury v2
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The aim of this syndrome definition is to assist with rapid detection of potential initial visits for a firearm injury. The following injury intents due to firearms are included in this definition: unintentional… read more… is to assist with rapid detection of potential initial visits for a firearm injury. The following injury intents … local and state health departments who conducted manual visit-level reviews, and CDC also conducted systematic text … The definition might underestimate or overestimate ED visits related to firearm injuries because of the variation … -
Early Identification of Salmonella Cases Using Syndromic Surveillance
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On June 7, 2008, federal food protection and public health agencies alerted consumers of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections. As of June 30, 2008, 851 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same… read more… visited the ED on Jun 6 and information regarding that visit was available in ESSENCE the following day. The case … -
Effect of Work-related Mobility in the Simulation of Aerosol Anthrax Releases with BARD
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An important problem in biosurveillance is the early detection and characterization of outdoor aerosol releases of B. anthracis. The Bayesian Aerosol Release Detector (BARD) is a system for simulating, detecting and characterizing such releases… read more… Then we computed the number of cases and the time of ED visit for each case based on the exposure level of a … -
Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Based on General Practitioner's Data, SOS Medecins Bordeaux
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To describe and evaluate the SOS Medecins Bordeaux syndromic surveillance system .… representing a total of about 800,000 habitants. For each visit, all health complaints and symptoms reported by …