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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. … definition. (Z590 OR Z59.0 OR HOMELESS OR NO HOUSING OR LACK OF HOUSING OR WITHOUT HOUSING OR SHELTER) ANDNOT(ANIMAL … ]Z590^,OR,^[;/ ]Z59.0^,OR,^HOMELESS^,OR,^NO HOUSING^,OR,^LACK OF HOUSING^,OR,^WITHOUT … -
Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 1): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the Nebraska and Washington Implementations
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" Our third Meaningful Use webinar continues our discussion on state implementation of inpatient… read more… � Gender � Race/Ethnicity � Zip, County, State � Visit information: � Visit ID � Date of admission & … anomaly detection ¡ Web-based information distribution back to providers and health departments PROPOSED DATA … -
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… using borrowed syndrome definitions, you may find they lack your region-specific terminology, do not accommodate … and modify as necessary. Try to think about how a visit for your condition of interest may be unique. Consider … ESSENCE data and apply your new CCDD Category tag to any visit meeting the criteria. Working forward, your CCDD … -
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… timely source of hospitalization information. Despite a lack of com- plete overlap between records reported through …