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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
    … Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in … Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in …
  • Triage Note in Emergency Department-Based Syndromic Surveillance

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    The North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS) receives daily emergency department (ED) data from 33 (29%) of the 114 EDs in North Carolina. These data are available via a Web-based portal and the Early… read more
    … syndrome categories based on clinical case definition. All visits were electronically processed for SS twice, once … [3] Wagner, MM, Espino J, Tsui FC, et al. Syndrome and outbreak detection using … in public health practice, New York City. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):858-64. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding was …
  • Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina

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    In North Carolina there has been an escalation of poisoning deaths. In 2011, the number of fatal poisonings was 1,368 deaths, with 91% classified as drug overdoses with the majority of those due to opioid analgesics.[1] Far greater numbers of drug… read more
    … classified as drug overdoses with the majority of those due to opioid analgesics.[1] Far greater numbers of drug … data system, drug overdose surveillance is a challenge due to lack of a standardized definition for the positive … this study we used NC DETECT ED data to describe visits due to drug, and more specifically, opioid overdoses. …
  • Beyond Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data

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    Violence-related injuries are a major source of morbidity and mortality in NC. From 2005-2014, suicide and homicide ranked as NC's 11th and 16th causes of death, respectively. In 2014, there were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due… read more
    … were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due to suicide (67%), 536 due to homicide (28%), and 93 due to another mechanism of violent injury (5%). These … were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due to suicide (67%), 536 due to homicide (28%), and 93 due …
  • In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists

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    The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more
    … We found four published CC lists and included them all [1-4]. We used the top 20 ‘Reasons for Visits’ (RFV) from the 2005 Emergency … terms with each of the CC lists were assessed. This study did not qualify for IRB approval or exemption. RESULTS 25% …
  • Improving System Ability to Identify Symptom Complexes in Free-Text Data

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    Text-based syndrome case definitions published by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)1 form the basis for the syndrome queries used by the North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT). Keywords within these… read more
    … terms resulted in the return of many unwanted records due to the inability to control for certain terms imbedded … terms resulted in the return of many unwanted records due to the inability to control for certain terms imbedded … search for "h/a" with "h[/-,]a", for example, will return all results in which "h" and "a" are separated by either a …
  • Infection Control Practitioner Use of NC DETECT

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    The UNC Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC DEM) conducted an online survey to better understand the surveillance needs of Infection Control Practitioners (ICPs) in North Carolina and solicit feedback on the utility of the North Carolina Disease… read more
    … from 87 hospitals in North Carolina; hospitals with PHEs did not participate in the survey. RESULTS Of 87 ICPs, 46 … 46 respondents, 43% (n=20) had heard of NC DETECT; 57% (n=26) were not familiar with NC DETECT. When asked about …
  • Access to and use of syndromic surveillance information at the local health department level

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    Syndromic surveillance data have been widely shown to be useful to large health departments. Use at smaller local health departments (LHDs) has rarely been described, and the effectiveness of various methods of delivering syndromic… read more
    … data and information in North Carolina are available to all local public health staff by several routes. This report … data and in- formation in North Carolina are available to all local public health staff by several routes. This report … to public health stakeholders and partners (four of 14 (26%)). LHD staff obtained syndromic surveillance information …