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  • Surveillance of West Nile Virus Activity Using Biosense Laboratory Test Order Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … dataset. A geographic analysis was performed to show the dis- tribution of three WNV laboratory test orders. ICD-9 … WNV-PCR, 2,594 for Entero-PCR, and 10,663 for Herpes-PCR. Top five states with counts of three WNV-specific laboratory …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 3 - Legacy Data Conversion and Transition Plan

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
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  • Analyses of National Syndromic Surveillance Data: Real-Time Hospital, Veterans Affairs (VA) & Department of Defense (DoD) Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since July 2004 the BioSense program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received data from DoD military and VA outpatient clinics (not in real time). In January 2006 real-time hospital data (e.g. chief complaints and… read more
    … and diagnoses) was added. Various diagnoses from all sources are binned into one or more of 11 syndrome … and diagnoses) was added. Various diagnoses from all sources are binned into one or more of 11 syndrome … of differences in available data, visits were defined dif- ferently for the 3 data types. For VA and hospital …
  • Representativeness of Emergency Department Data Reported to the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2007, the CDC BioSense System received data from 450 non-federal hospitals. Hospitals provide data to Biosense based on their capability and willingness to supply electronic data. As of July 2008, Biosense is receiving data from 550 hospitals.… read more
    … BioSense were: infections (ICD-9 codes 001-139) 3.0% vs 2.6%; respiratory (codes 460-519) 11.0% vs 9.3%; digestive … 19.3% vs 1.3%; Midwest, 24.9% vs 64.7%; South 38.0% vs 26.8%; and West 17.7% vs 7.3%. After applying BioSense … BioSense in the Severe Illness or Death syndrome may be due to sampling error of this rare event. Currently, …
  • BioSense Real-Time Data Initiative: Improving Emergency Preparedness- Monitoring Injury Sub-Syndromes

    Content Type: Abstract

    Analysis of the BioSense data facilitates the identification, tracking, and management of emergent and routine health events, including potential bioterrorism events, injury related incidents and rapidly spreading naturally occurring events (1).… read more
    … events (1).  BioSense enhances coordination between all levels of public health and healthcare by providing … events (1). BioSense enhances coordination between all levels of public health and healthcare by providing … Awareness System. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Aug 26;54 Suppl:11-9. [3] Sokolow LZ, Grady N, Rolka H, Walker …
  • The Predictive Accuracy of Non-Regression Data Analysis Methods

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … days were analyzed at 75 (56 VA and 19 DoD) Texas and 26 (19 VA and 17 DoD) Virginia facilities. The mean observed … <.01 for severe injury/death to 21.0 for respiratory. For all facilities and syndromes, the mean observed daily count …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 1- Data Ingestion into the BioSense Platform

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … surveillance data to support analyses •  Include all core data elements for syndromic surveillance •  Include … not be sent, incoming data may inadvertently include PII due to HL7 message requirements (e.g., “Pa;ent Name”) … - Multiple Birth Indicator •  PID.25 - Birth Order •  PID.26 - Citizenship •  PID.27 - Veterans Military Status •  …
  • Antiviral Prescription Data to Enhance Influenza Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Influenza surveillance provides public health officials and healthcare providers with data on the onset, duration, geographic location, and level of influenza activity in order to guide the local use of interventions. The Influenza Sentinel Provider… read more
    … dataset from approximately 30,000 pharmacies in all 50 states over the period of October 2003 to May 2007 … and 2004-5 influenza seasons, but volume of prescriptions de- creased precipitously after CDC recommended dis- continuation of their use for influenza treatment dur- …