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Surveillance of Overdose-related Emergency Department Visits in Rhode Island
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During March-May 2013, 14 overdose deaths occurred in RI that were caused by acetyl fentanyl, a novel synthetic opioid about five times more potent than heroin1. Ten of these deaths were clustered in March, causing a significant increase over… read more… testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … data retrospectively to characterize overdose related ED visits in RI and to analyze trends. Objective Determine if … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … -
Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more… of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes, … (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes, … of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes, … -
The Use of BioSense Data for Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness
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The BioSense system currently receives real-time data from more than 370 hospitals, as well as national daily batched data from over 1100 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. BioSense maps chief… read more… mapped to: 1) the same indicator (e.g., whether patient visits having a chief complaint of diarrhea also had a final … alone were completed on 343 hospitals while analyses on visits requiring both an ED CCs and final diagnoses were … average rate for the GI syndrome was 140 per 1000 visits (range: 115-170 among facilities) for ED CC and 120 … -
ICD-9 CM Based Sub-Syndrome Distributions in BioSense Hospital Data
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Objective To examine sub-syndrome distributions among BioSense emergency department (ED) chief complaint and final diagnosis based data and to observe patterns by hospital system, age, and gender.… frequent ICD-9 CM based sub- syndromes. The proportion of visits contributing to the 20 most common ED chief complaint …