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Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more -
Surveillance of West Nile Virus Activity Using Biosense Laboratory Test Order Data
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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause meningitis and encephalitis. Since its discovery in New York City during an encephalitis outbreak in 1999, WNV has become endemic in North America. In the United States, 16,000 human WNV… read more -
The BioSense Influenza Module
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BioSense is a national system that receives, analyzes, and visualizes electronic health data and makes it available for public health use. In December 2007 CDC added the Influenza Module to the main BioSense application.… read more -
The New York State BioSense Sentinel Alert Experience
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In addition to monitoring Emergency Department chief complaint data and pharmacy sales as indicators of outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Syndromic Surveillance System also monitors information from the… read more -
The Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI and RESP Syndromes
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. The prevalence of these sub… read more -
The Predictive Accuracy of Non-Regression Data Analysis Methods
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Analysis of time series data requires accurate calculation of a predicted value. Non-regression methods such as the Early Aberration Reporting System CuSum are computationally simple, but most do not adjust for day of week… read more -
The Use of BioSense Data for Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness
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The BioSense system currently receives real-time data from more than 370 hospitals, as well as national daily batched data from over 1100 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. BioSense maps chief… read more -
ICD-9 CM Based Sub-Syndrome Distributions in BioSense Hospital Data
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Objective To examine sub-syndrome distributions among BioSense emergency department (ED) chief complaint and final diagnosis based data and to observe patterns by hospital system, age, and gender.