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  • Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Response to UK Flooding Incident 2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    Wetter and stormier weather is predicted in the UK as global temperatures rise. It is likely there will be increases in river and coastal flooding. The known short and medium term health effects of flooding are drowning, injury, acute asthma, skin… read more
    … areas. The HPA Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Team co-ordinated prospective surveillance during both phases of …
  • Absenteeism Among Employees in a Southeastern Ontario Hospital: A Novel Application of Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Sickness absence is particularly pronounced within health care organizations where job demands and work environment expose workers to an increased risk of illness and injury, potentially leading to an inability to attend work.… read more
    … not remain statistically significant after adjusting for co- variates. HCW respiratory illness reporting followed a …
  • Using Emergency Department Disposition Data to Monitor Hospitalizations for Influenza-like Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Emergency Department (ED) syndromic surveillance data for influenza-like illness (ILI) have been found to provide timely and representative information about current influenza activity in NYC. DOHMH monitors visits daily from 50 of 61… read more
    … 08 Week Ending Date N um be r of IL I A dm is si on s fr om th e E D 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 N um be r of In flu en …
  • Telephone Triage Data for Detection of Influenza-like Illness

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    National surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus variants and to monitor influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Nurse telephone triage (“call”) data may serve as a useful complement to… read more
    … CA 3,136,617 0.80 0.85 0.89 WI 825,255 0.67 0.81 0.87 CO 558,705 0.82 0.96 0.86 TX 2,529,566 0.83 0.97 0.85 IL …
  • Evaluating the Validity of ED Visit Data for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) receives a designated set of data elements electronically available from 110 emergency departments (EDs) (98%) on at least a daily basis via… read more
    … Date and Time; Chief Complaint; Date of Birth; ICD-9-CM Final Diagnosis Codes (n=4); ED Disposition; select …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective

    Content Type: Abstract

    We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.
    … particularly respiratory syncytial virus, commonly co-circulate with influenza, the specificity of syn- dromic …
  • Multi-Syndrome Analysis of Time Series: A New Concept for Outbreak Investigation

    Content Type: Abstract

    Temporal anomaly detection is a key component of real time surveillance. Today, despite the abundance of temporal information on multiple syndromes, multivariate investigation of temporal anomalies remains under-explored. Traditionally, an outbreak… read more
    … Components Analysis (PCA) re- moves redundancy, or co-linearity, in the data while it preserves the correlation …
  • Patient Management System Programmed Alert to Notify Providers of Suspected TB Cases

    Content Type: Abstract

    An increase in tuberculosis (TB) among homeless men residing in Marion County, Indiana was noticed in the summer of 2008. The Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) hosted screening events at homeless shelters in hopes of finding… read more
    … 1. Terrell K, Perkins A, Dexter P, Hui SL, Callahan CM, Miller DK. Computerized decision support to reduce …