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Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data
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Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use the patient ID, facility ID and earliest date in… read more… ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … ID occur within the same 24-hour time frame, those two visits are combined into one visit and the earliest date … ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … -
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) Case Definitions and How They Impact MVC Surveillance
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In 2012, an estimated 2.5 million people presented to the ED for a MVC injury in the U.S. National injury surveillance is commonly captured using E-codes. However, use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a… read more… use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a different picture of MVC injuries compared … use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a different picture of MVC injuries … -
Lessons Learned from the Transition to ICD-10-CM: Redefining Syndromic Surveillance Case Definitions for NC DETECT
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NC DETECT receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for syndromic surveillance (e.g. infectious disease, injury, etc.). Hospitals will begin using ICD-10-CM codes on October 1, 2015. As a… read more… receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for … receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for … -
Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose
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A retrospective analysis of emergency department data in NC for drug and opioid overdoses has been explained previously [1]. We built on this initial work to develop new poisoning and surveillance reports to facilitate near real time surveillance by… read more… NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code … NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code … -
Triage Notes in Syndromic Surveillance – A Double Edged Sword
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The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the hospital level and received by public health for syndromic surveillance. The triage note, a free text expansion on the chief complaint, is one of the many… read more… The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the … Wed, 09/20/2017 - 10:07 … The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the …