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Adapting a syndromic biosurveillance system to monitor veterans’ health impact associated with the gulf coast oil spill
Content Type: Abstract
On 20 April 2010, an explosion on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to a prolonged uncontrolled release of crude oil. Both clean-up workers and coastal residents were potentially at high risk for respiratory and other… read more… (ESSENCE). ESSENCE captures specific patient care visit ICD-nine codes belonging to selected conditions that … (ESSENCE).1 ESSENCE captures specific patient care visit ICD-nine codes belonging to selected conditions that … identified. The ICD-nine codes resulting from patient visits to 34 VA coastal emergency departments and outpatient … -
Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 2): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation
Content Type: Webinar
This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Dr. Cynthia Lucero continues our Meaningful Use webinar series with an introduction to… read more… 6 million uniques treated; over 75 million outpatient visits; ~680,000 inpatient admissions, 260 million lab tests … age, sex, eligibility, homelessness, death indicator) Visit information (e.g. ICD-9 diagnosis codes, E&M codes, … -
Another Type of Cluster Monitoring: Detection of Groups of Anomalous Patient Residence Locations
Content Type: Abstract
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics to detect disease outbreaks and other health-related events earlier than other forms of surveillance. Although… read more… by ICD-9 code and chart review), date and location of visit and patients’ zip code of residence. We also accessed … -
Surveillance for nationally notifiable infectious conditions using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE biosurveillance system
Content Type: Abstract
The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) obtains electronic data from 153 Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers plus outpatient clinics in all 50 states, American Samoa, Guam,… read more… graphic data from outpatient and emergency department visits at all VA facilities.1 For this review, visits with an ICD-9-CM code(s) for a reportable … salmonellosis) had PPVs greater than 50%. Reasons that visits did not meet CDC case definitions included: (1) …