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. 2006:2006:304-8.

The Indiana Public Health Emergency Surveillance System: ongoing progress, early findings, and future directions

Shaun Grannis  1 , Michael Wade, Joseph Gibson, J Marc Overhage
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The Indiana Public Health Emergency Surveillance System: ongoing progress, early findings, and future directions

Shaun Grannis et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006.

Abstract

Beginning in 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute on a 4-year project to implement a statewide biosurveillance system incorporating more than 110 hospitals. This paper describes our evolving experience with the system including ongoing implementation challenges, how the system has helped to uncover events of public health significance, and future directions. The system currently receives ED visit data from 50 hospitals totaling nearly 5,000 visits per day, and is projected to have 65 hospitals connected by August 2006.

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ISDH Public Health Alert Review and Response Process
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Figure 2
Neurological syndrome cases. Included in the 12/21/05 upsurge was a family exposed to carbon monoxide
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A rise in gastrointestinal cases on 12/27/05 was partly due to a family who presented after eating the same food.
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Visits categorized as “other” shows a clear spike of almost 100 visits within 24 hours of a deadly tornado striking the region.
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