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  • The validity of emergency department influenza-like-illness (ILI) for laboratory-confirmed influenza in children

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems use electronic health-related data to support near-real time disease surveillance. Over the last 10 years, the use of ILI syndromes defined from emergency department (ED) data has become an increasingly accepted… read more
    … 2003�04 influenza season, which had relatively less co-circula- tion of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) com- pared to most years, and (2) the ‘‘concomitant’’ … seasons (excluding 2003�04), when influenza and RSV co-circulation was high. Analyses during the concomitant …
  • Evaluation of Body Temperature to Classify Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) in a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    This study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of body temperature measurements > 100.5 žF in relationship to laboratory confirmation of influenza and other ILI pathogens.
    … Health System (MHS) using the Clinical Data Mart (CDM). The CDM uses a Business Objects interface to perform structured … Flu Activity and Surveillance [Online]. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm. Accessed on February …
  • Urban Metabolism Metrology: a powerful approach for tracking narcotic use and emerging pathogens in populations around the world

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented October 26, 2018. Urban Metabolism Metrology (UMM) is a new scientific discipline that can inform on the health, sustainability and resilience of urban human populations. By way of case studies on opioids and antimicrobials, this… read more
    … Key Information from the Mouth of the WWTP http://pixgood.com/school-community-clipart.html Wastewater Treatment Plant … Critical Data Gleaned from WWTPs http://pixgood.com/school-community-clipart.html Wastewater Treatment Plant …
  • Hearing Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Hearing Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) members to work with disability organizations and … of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)-led NSSP CoP to create diagnostic code-based definitions to identify … Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) members to work with disability organizations and …
  • Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series #3: Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition for Monitoring Opioid Related ED visits and Drug Overdose Surveillance Using Death Record, Poison Control, and ED Data

    Content Type: Webinar

    This is the third installment of the ISDS Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series, held on July 27, 2017. Click here for Part 1 of the Opioid… read more
    … quit using Information source of drug names: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts … and Lortab) *Information source of drug names: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts … Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-10- CM. …
  • Public Health Data and the Law

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation addresses the legal principles framing the collection, use, and release of health data for public health activities, including issues such as privacy, confidentiality, HIPAA, and data use agreements. Presenter… read more
    … the causes of disease and especially of epidemics.” Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 333.2221 The authority to conduct … Privacy Rule relate to freedom of information state laws? www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for- … contact CDC 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov The findings and conclusions in this report are …
  • Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 3): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the BioSense Implementation

    Content Type: Webinar

    This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Presenters Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS, Centers for… read more
    … •  Business rules •  Transmission and updating http://www.cdc.gov/EHRmeaningfuluse/Syndromic.html BioSense 2.0 … infection Cardiac dysrhythmias Jaundice Visual impairment Coma Malaise and fatigue Convulsions Migraine Syndromes COPD … surveillance activity by creating syndromes using ICD-9-CM codes §  Depression §  Anxiety §  Stress §  Substance …
  • A Comparison of Chief Complaints and Emergency Department Reports for Identifying Patients with Acute Lower Respiratory Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    Automated syndromic surveillance systems often classify patients into syndromic categories based on free-text chief complaints. Chief complaints (CC) demonstrate low to moderate sensitivity in identifying syndromic cases. Emergency Department (ED)… read more
    … a Random Forests Classifier. Gold Standard Classification com- prised majority vote of three physicians reading ED …