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  • Using Health Information Exchange to Improve Use of Prescription Monitoring Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Washington State experienced a five-fold increase in deaths from unintentional drug overdoses between 1998 and 2014. The PMP collects data on controlled substances prescribed to patients and makes the data available to healthcare providers, giving… read more
    … providers, giving providers another tool for patient care and safety. Optimal impact for the program depends on … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between … The increased accessibility will lead to improved patient care by giving providers more complete and recent data on …
  • Comparison of Automated Geocoding Methods in a Distributed Multi-County Disease Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    The University of Washington's Center for Public Health Informatics, in collaboration with the Kitsap County Health District and the UW Clinical Informatics Research Group, has developed the Peninsula Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection… read more
    … data from three emergency department / urgent care facilities computerized electronic admission and … c Kitsap County Health District, Bremerton, WA. Hospital Visits Per Day in 30-Day Period ABSTRACT This paper … data from three emergency department / urgent care facilities’ computerized electronic admission and …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo

    Content Type: Abstract

    The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more
    … BT-related syndromes at emergency departments and primary care clinics (Kitsap, Clallam, and Jefferson counties) using … BT-related syndromes at emergency departments and primary care clinics (Kitsap, Clallam, and Jefferson counties) using … (SSIC) Peninsula system has collected 58,542 hospital visits of interest (potentially of infectious nature), and a …
  • Electronic case reporting of STIs: Are non-existent codes the reason for missing information?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Under the CDC STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Part B grant, WA DOH is testing eICR of sexually transmitted infections (STI) with a clinical partner. Existing standard vocabulary codes were identified to represent previously-identified information… read more
    … initial case reporting (eICR) relying on Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) exported from our clinical partner’s … initial case reporting (eICR) relying on Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) exported from our clinical partner’s …
  • Notes on MU Stage 3 NPRM Informatics

    Content Type: Report

    Notes on Meaningful Use stage 3 Notice of Public Rule Making, provided by Bryant Thomas Karras
    …  PDMP,  EHDDI,     HAI-­‐NHSN,  National  Hospital  Care  Survey,  Hospital  Abstract  Reporting)   5)   …  (e.g.  HAI-­‐NHSN,CHARS,  Injury,   National  Hospital  Care  Survey)   Measure  5     Clinical  Data  Registry …