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  • A Controlled Vocabulary for "Reason for Visit" in Ambulatory Encounters

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    Objective: To enable improved health surveillance and clinical decision support within ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
    … systems. Document A_Controlled_Vocabulary_For_Reason_For_Visit_In_Ambulatory_Encounters.pdf Submitted by elamb on … RANKED SLOPE= -1 A Controlled Vocabulary for “Reason for Visit” in Ambulatory Encounters F Mostashari*, N Soulakis*, … A Controlled Vocabulary for "Reason for Visit" in Ambulatory Encounters …
  • Comparison of Ambulatory Electronic Health Record and Emergency Department Visit Log Data for Respiratory, Fever, and GI Syndromes

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    This paper describes three years of electronic health record (EHR) data from a network of urban ambulatory care clinics in New York City.
    … bulatory_Electronic_Health_Record_And_Emergency_Department_Visit_Log_Data_For_Respiratory_Fever_And_Gi_Syndromes.pdf … Electronic Health Record and Emergency Department Visit Log Data for Respiratory, Fever, and GI Syndromes … Electronic Health Record and Emergency Department Visit Log Data for Respiratory, Fever, and GI Syndromes …
  • Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis

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    We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).
    … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … patterns suggest NV predominated during the ED visit peak in Dec 2004, RV during the Feb-May 2005 period …
  • Exploring Syndrome Definition by Applying Clustering Methods to Electronic Health Records Data

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    Electronic  Health  Record  (EHR)  data  offers  the  researcher a potentially rich source of data for tracking disease  syndromes. Procedures  performed  on  the  patient, medications… read more
    … necessarily filled by  the  patient),  and  reason  for  visit  are  just  some  characteristics of the patient … (not necessarily filled by the patient), and reason for visit are just some characteristics of the patient encounter … necessarily filled by  the  patient),  and  reason  for  visit  are  just  some  characteristics of the patient …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition Development Using Recursive Partitioning Techniques for Highly Dimensional Databases

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    Seasonal influenza accounts for a high proportion of outpatient morbidity during the winter months. However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. Electronic medical record (EMR… read more
    … following database tables: age, vital signs, reason for visit, procedures (CPT), and diagnoses (ICD-9). 10-fold … rate, 51 CPT codes, 46 ICD-9 codes, and 41 ‘reasons for visit’ were identified for the final model analysis. The … 1. This model includes Temperature, Age, 8 reasons for visit (Sore throat, Fever, Cough, Cold symptoms, Throat …
  • The Use of Rapid Diagnostic Assays to Supplement Syndromic Surveillance: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Project in New York City

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    Syndromic surveillance systems can detect increases in respiratory and gastrointestinal illness, but diagnosis of etiologic agents can be delayed due to difficult, time-consuming identification and low rates of testing for viral pathogens. Rapid… read more
    … difficult. The pace of clinical care within the ED, the lack of dedicated clinical staff, and the perceived lack of benefit of the testing to clinical care resulted in …
  • Predicting Probabilities of Flu Vaccination and Commuting Methods Having Elevated Flu Transmission Probabilities in New York City

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    Aerial transmission and direct contact are important factors for flu. Consequently, close contact with large groups of people, such as during mass transit, present opportunities for transmission. One protective method that… read more
    … The good- ness-of-fit test showed no evidence of a lack of fit (p=0.9351), and the max-rescaled R-square is … The goodness-of-fit test failed to produce evidence of a lack of fit (p= 0.4132), and the max-rescaled R-square is …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

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    In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more
    … were not conducting syndromic surveillance, 3 cited a lack of capac- ity or funding as the reason, 2 stated that … 2008;6:3 next 2 years, and very few anticipated scaling back their use of syndromic surveillance. One dimension of … Health Manag Pract 2007;13(2):194–199. http://www.jphmp.com. 18. Heffernan R, Mostashari F, Das D, et al. System …