The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Developing Public Health Surveillance Based on Emergency Department Visits
3029.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Developing Public Health Surveillance Based on Emergency Department Visits
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Steven C. Macdonald, PhD
Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH
8:30 AMBioterrorism Research in the Emergency Department - Syndromic Surveillance
Robert James Rydman, PhD, Rebecca Roberts, MD, Pamela Diaz, MD, Brandon Zagorski, MPH
8:45 AMEvaluation of Enhanced Active Surveillance in Northern Virginia, October 2001
Akinyi Adija, MD, Suzanne Jenkins, DVM, MPH, Elizabeth Barrett, DMD, MSPH
9:00 AMFindings from an web-based bioterrorism surveillance system used during the 2001 World Series in Phoenix, Arizona
Liva Nohre, PhD, Sarah Santana, MPH, DrPH(ABD)
9:15 AMEvaluating appropriateness of ED care and prior primary care access using ED administrative records: A proposed classification system for ED discharge diagnoses
Tod Mijanovich, MPA, John Billings, JD, Nina S. Parikh, MPH
9:30 AMResults from the National Capitol Region emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system
David Blythe, MD, MPH, Leslie D. Edwards, MHS, Dipti Shah, MPH, Julie Casani, MD, MPH, Karen Matthews, MD, MPH, Eileen Steinberger, MD, MS, Mark V. Wegner, MD, MPH, John O. Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH, LaVerne Hawkins Jones, MPH, Elizabeth R. Souza, Jennifer Capparella, MSPH, Leslie M. Branch, Denise C. Sockwell, MSPH, Lori C. Hutwagner
9:45 AMTrends in Syndromic Surveillance data for Washington DC
John O. Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH, LaVerne H Jones, MPH, A. Chevelle Glymph, MPH, Gebreyesus Kidane, PhD
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA