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  • Monitoring Sexual Violence Visits in Emergency Department Data to Improve Public Health

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although sexual violence is a pressing public health and safety issue, it has historically been challenging to monitor population trends with precision. Approximately 31% of incidents of sexual violence are reported to law enforcement and only 5%… read more
    … characteristics of sexual violence emergency department visits in Washington State. Submitted by elamb on Tue, … characteristics of sexual violence emergency department visits in Washington State. … Monitoring Sexual Violence …
  • Measles-related syndromes - Washington State Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    In WA, we've been using a series of increasingly broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a result of people seeking care because they were (or think) they were exposed, seeking… read more
    … broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a … be measles. As a result, it is important to focus in on visits of highest suspicion as mentions of measles increase. … times of low measles activity,  broader definitions may be appropriate for routine surveillance as mentions and …
  • Homelessness - Washington State Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    The following syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. Trends over time, patient demographics, geographic distribution, and primary reasons for seeking care were explored.… read more
    … syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. … lost housing, chronic homelessness, etc.). Homelessness may be documented in a variety of ways. Some examples … syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. …
  • All Traffic Related, Washington State Department of Health, 2018

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: Capture all traffic-related injuries presenting to the emergency room regardless of intent or vehicle type to allow monitoring of long-term trends in traffic-related injuries as well as short-term aberrations due to holiday, events,… read more
    … System: ESSENCE Data sources: Emergency Department Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief … System: ESSENCE Data sources: Emergency Department Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief …
  • All Traffic Related v2 - Washington State Department of Health, 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: This is an updated to the All Traffic-related submitted in 2018. The goal is to capture all traffic-related injuries presenting for healthcare, regardless of intent or vehicle type, to allow monitoring of long-term trends… read more
    … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief …
  • Influenza surveillance using inpatient health information exchange data

    Content Type: Abstract

    During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) temporarily made lab-confirmed influenza hospitalizations and deaths reportable. As reporting influenza hospitalizations is resource intensive for hospitals,… read more
    … and unique identifiers. WA-HIE inpatient data may be valuable for monitoring influenza activity, influenza … record is transmitted 1 day after admission (range 0–26 days). One or more data elements were missing from 34% of … source of hospitalization information. Despite a lack of com- plete overlap between records reported through PHIMS …
  • Surveillance of Laboratory-confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations Using a Health Information Exchange

    Content Type: Abstract

    During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) temporarily made lab-confirmed influenza hospitalizations reportable. Reporting of influenza hospitalizations is resource intensive for hospitals and local… read more
    … County. The HIE hospitalization and laboratory data may be a valuable replacement for mandatory notifiable … County. The HIE hospitalization and laboratory data may be a valuable replacement for mandatory notifiable … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document

    Content Type: References

    This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more
    … Resources ICD-10 codes: http://www.icd10data.com ICD -9 codes: http://www.icd9data.com SNOMED: http://browser.ihtsdotools.org/ ISDS Knowledge … MBC Veterinary Research 2010;6:56. http://www.icd10data.com/ http://www.icd9data.com/ …