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  • Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to the BioSense System, 2006-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    Biosurveillance systems typically receive free- text chief complaint and coded diagnosis data, however this data has limited specificity for notifiable disease surveillance. The Biosense System receives chief complaint and/or diagnosis data from… read more
    … a Category B bioterrorist agent. Objective To describe visits reported from BioSense hospitals with non-typhoidal … Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to … Health Informatics, Atlanta, GA Objective To describe visits reported from BioSense hospitals with non-typhoidal …
  • Use of Diagnosis Code in Mental Health Syndrome Definition

    Content Type: Abstract

    Between 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders increased substantially. This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress reactions… read more
    … 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders … This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress … disorders) than for substance use disorders (37 percent) visits. This increasing number of ED visits by patients with …
  • 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
    … that collects data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits. Objective To assess the representativeness of … that collects data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS For 2005 (the most recent data available), … NHAMCS[1] estimated a total of 115.3 million ED visits nationally and a yearly increase of 1.7 million …
  • 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
    … 1.  A Pa;ent ID must exist and is > 2 characters 2.  A Visit Date must exist as a valid date and is >= 8 characters … from algorithm o  May store data from earlier visits Processed Table will store: •  C_Visit_Date_Time … iden;fies a “Visit” §  Comparable to exis;ng Unique_Visi;ng_ID in current processing §  Concatenate the …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 2 - Introduction to ESSENCE Configuration for 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
    … if age < 2 years when calculated from birth date and visit date) o  C_Patient_Age_Years (Normalized to an integer … for processing Processing clarification: if a patient visits a facility twice on the same day, messages for both …
  • 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
    … to 6/11/06. Because of differences in available data, visits were defined dif- ferently for the 3 data types. For VA and hospital data, repeat visits within 24 hours of discharge were grouped into a single visit. For DoD data, each visit to a facility, regardless of …
  • 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
    … View: Chief Complaint, Discharge Diagnosis, Syndrome, and Visit Date (date only) §  Chief Complaint Query Valida;on … ‒  PaDent LocaDon (Full Details) ‒  PaDent LocaDon & Visit (Full Details) ‒  PaDent LocaDon (Limited Details – … the plan to convert legacy data. If you’d like to help, email us at nssp@cdc.gov. Recap: Access & Management Center …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the Bio- Sense application. About 11% of total U.S. ED visits are sent to BioSense, 10% via state or local health … in the Bio- Sense program send emergency department visit in- formation, in addition to these data approximately … also send data regarding inpatient and outpatient visits. Of all emergency department visits during the study …