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  • ED and poison center surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

    Content Type: Abstract

    Oregon’s statewide syndromic surveillance system (Oregon ESSENCE) has been operational since 2012. Non-federal emergency department data (and several of their associated urgent care centers) are the primary source for the system, although other… read more
    … of interest, including some that would warrant both an ED visit and a call to OPC (e.g., snake bites). Monitoring visits in both data sources in would allow for assessment of … visit and a call to OPC (e.g., snake bites). Monitoring visits in both data sources in would allow for assessment of …
  • Analytic Fusion for Essential Indicators of the Opioid Epidemic

    Content Type: Abstract

    Unlike other health threats of recent concern for which widespread mortality was hypothetical, the high fatality burden of opioid overdose crisis is present, steadily growing, and affecting young and old, rural and urban, military and civilian… read more
    … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … ESSENCE also built a project management database to track MU testing statuses and data quality variations. With this … health system (with four hospitals) continued to send non-MU compliant syndromic data for the duration of the project … ESSENCE also built a project management database to track MU testing statuses and data quality variations. With this …
  • Onboarding - Oregon Experience

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    From the BioSense 2.0 Onboarding Workgroup meeting, November 5, 2014 Presenter Laurel Boyd Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Public Health Division Oregon Health Authority read more
    … 2. Health event validation or verification •  Use ED visits to verify or refute suspicion of community-wide … •  Prolonged alerts •  Overall trends What's the range of visits? Why does it matter? •  EVD-68: –  What % of patients … jurisdictions are queuing facilities for onboarding for MU2 reporting? •  Like Oregon, we find ourselves putting …