Why the syndrome was created:
The purpose of CDC Medication Refill v1 is to monitor visits for any medication/prescription that a patient may have run out of. Anything repetitive that needs routine refill visits - dialysis, oxygen, heart, BP, cholesterol.
This is useful for post-disaster surveillance efforts, including tornados, hurricanes, storms, wildfires, flooding, landslide, building collapses, serve snowstorm, earthquake, tsunami, space disaster (e.g., asteroids, meteors, solar flares), and other natural disasters. With this effort, we can identify medical needs in affected communities.
Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., emergency room, EMS, air quality):
Emergency room
Fields used to query the data (e.g., chief complaint, discharge diagnosis, triage notes):
Chief complaint, discharge diagnosis
Supporting documents:
Authors:
Lakshmi Radhakrishnan (kvg7@cdc.gov)
Nimi Idaikaddar (yrq8@cdc.gov)
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