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Which Sections of Electronic Medical Records Are Most Relevant for Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza- like Illness?
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Effective real-time surveillance of infectious diseases must strike a balance between reliability and timeliness for early detection. Traditional syndromic surveillance utilizes limited sections of the EMR, such as chief complaints and/or diagnosis… read more… and/or diagnosis. However, other sections of the EMR may contain more pertinent information than what is captured … in a brief chief complaint. These other EMR sections may provide relevant information earlier in the patient … after the patient’s discharge. Comprehensive analysis may identify the most relevant section of EMRs for … -
Natural Language Processing and Technical Challenges of Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance
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Processing free-text clinical information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of ILI outbreaks. However, processing clinical text using NLP poses a challenge in preserving the semantics of… read more… information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of … information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of … -
The Impact of Documentation Style on Influenza-Like Illness Rates in the Emergency Department
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In recent years, the threat of pandemic influenza has drawn extensive attention to the development and implementation of syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of ILI. Emergency department (ED) data are key components for syndromic… read more… for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these elements in syndromic … for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these elements in syndromic …