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  • Novel Emergency Department High Utilizer Surveillance In New Hampshire

    Content Type: Abstract

    Researchers have demonstrated benefits to identifying and developing interventions for patients that frequently seek healthcare services in the ED. The New Yorker Magazine, recently published an article titled The Hot Spotters, summarizing work… read more
    … and measured a 40% reduction in hospital inpatient and ED visits and a 56% medical cost reduction for the first 36 Hot … and Policy (OMBP) outpatient Medicaid ED frequency visit study was conducted, which cited that frequent ED … and measured a 40% reduction in hospital inpatient and ED visits and a 56% medical cost reduction for the first 36 Hot …
  • Building Meaningful Use Reporting Infrastructure In NH Through Partnerships

    Content Type: Abstract

    Under the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Rule, hospitals are eligible to receive incentive payments from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services provided they meet certain requirements including Meaningful Use (MU). Demonstrating… read more
    … they meet certain requirements including Meaningful Use (MU). Demonstrating MU requires meeting a core and menu set … (CMS) provided they meet certain requirements including MU. Demonstrating MU requires meeting a core and menu set of … Engine from Orion Health, http://www. orionhealth.com/products/rhapsody/. 2. Orion Health Rhapsody Integration …
  • Check! Explore Barriers and Solutions to Data Sharing on BioSense 2.0

    Content Type: Abstract

    Inter-jurisdictional data sharing can enhance disease surveillance capabilities for local, state, regional and national public health situational awareness and response. BioSense 2.0, a cloud-based computing platform for syndromic surveillance,… read more
    … decision that comes with benefits and consequences. On May 20-21, 2013, nine city, county, and state public health … to investigate HRI trends in regional populations during May-August 2012, evaluated HRI case-definitions, and … decision that comes with benefits and consequences. On May 20-21, 2013, nine city, county, and state public health …
  • Justification for Collecting Urgent Care Data to Broaden Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    While UC does not have a standard definition, it can generally be described as the delivery of ambulatory medical care outside of a hospital emergency department (ED) on a walk-in basis, without a scheduled appointment, available at extended hours,… read more
    … when reaching out to healthcare partners to get buy-in for collecting and reporting UC data. Objective: … when reaching out to healthcare partners to get buy-in for collecting and reporting UC data. Objective: …
  • New Master Mapping Reference Table (MMRT) to Assist ICD-10 Transition for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    As of October 1, 2015, all HIPAA covered entities transition from the use of International Classification of Diseases version 9 (ICD-9-CM) to version 10 (ICD-10-CM/PCS). Many Public Health surveillance entities receive, interpret, analyze, and… read more
    … as well as for research purposes. The mappings may be leveraged by other federal, state, and local public … as well as for research purposes. The mappings may be leveraged by other federal, state, and local public …
  • Urgent Care Data...should we collect, how, and why?

    Content Type: Webinar

    More and more patients frequent Urgent Care facilites. In this webinar, we will discuss how NSSP jurisdictions collect it, how is it formatted, and what have they learned; what's the best way to capture and share this information; and why should we… read more
    … to send different types of information for urgent care visits than ED or inpatient visits (e.g. Admit reason) * What have other NSSP … Lori Darr, ldarr@encorehealthresources.com Dave Atrubin, David.Atrubin@flhealth.gov Sara Imholte, …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Analysis & Interpretation

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented January 31, 2018   David Swenson presented the following slides during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This presentation provides a use case for developing and implementing surveillance prodocols to conduct… read more
    … suggest (admitted, discharged)? Are there a number of visits with similar presentation times? And do these … individuals also cluster by the emergency department they visited or by their ZIP code? If a cluster is unlikely, … Available from: https://knowledge-repository.s3.amazonaws.com/recommendations/ …
  • Planning for the ICD-10 Transition

    Content Type: Webinar

    The transition of all HIPAA covered entities from the use of ICD­9­CM to ICD­10­CM/PCS codes on October 1, 2015 will create a paradigm change in the use of electronic health record (EHR) data. Many public health surveillance entities that receive,… read more
    …  ICD-­‐10  Implementa6on  Project  charter   approved  May  2011   "   Project  Goal:    Ensure  that  the  staff …  Assessments   "   ICD-­‐10-­‐CM  coding  training  May  –  September  2015   "   Basic  ICD-­‐10-­‐CM  coding …  Email   (percentage  based  on  #  of  opens)   40  (26.5%)   Registered  for  webinar  (percentage   based  on …