Syndromic surveillance is part of one of the three core public health functions: assessment, policy development and assurance. Assessment entails:
As part of the assessment function, public health officials and practitioners use syndromic surveillance to monitor the health status of a population and make decisions that impact the health of these populations. Syndromic surveillance is special because it is near real-time data, which allows for situational awareness and for decisions to be made based on what is currently happening versus what has happened in the past. A great example of syndromic surveillance in action is when we are able to detect an increase in illness during an event, such as Hot August Nights or the Rib Cook-Off. We may see an increase in hospital or urgent care visits for gastrointestinal illness, which would alert us that the event needs further attention. Syndromic surveillance is a great tool that we have at our disposal to navigate these situations, deploy appropriate resources and implement targeted interventions. At this time, approximately 80% of hospitals and 10% of urgent cares statewide are reporting their data at least daily. Moving forward, Nevada will make a strong push to get more urgent cares on board. Another way we can use syndromic surveillance is through the National Retail Data Monitoring System (NRDM). This system looks at over-the-counter drug sales and alerts us if there is an unexpected increase in the sales of specific medicine categories. Of course, it takes promotional sales into consideration and adjusts for it. Here are the medications NRDM tracks: While this system has great capabilities, it’s important to remember that not every store sends their sales data to NRDM so there are some gaps in coverage.
Syndromic surveillance is a great tool to serve as an early warning system for public health events. While originally developed to detect a large scale release of a biological agent, it has been utilized in many different ways. On the national level it has been used to track things like infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics, mass gatherings, natural and man-made disasters, injuries, chronic conditions and utilization of health care. For more information on the National Syndromic Surveillance Program, see https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/overview.html For more information on Nevada’s Syndromic Surveillance Program, see http://dpbh.nv.gov/Programs/BioSense/Syndromic_Surveillance_-Home/
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