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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.
    … RANKED SLOPE= -1 A Controlled Vocabulary for “Reason for Visit” in Ambulatory Encounters F Mostashari*, N Soulakis*, … encounters; 5,627 (1.9%) had no documented reason for visit. There were 410,633 reasons listed, comprised of 254 …
  • 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 … was examined. Patient encounter data including reason for visit, measured temperature, and diagnoses (ICD9) were … ratio. RESULTS There were approximately 337,000 office visits to the IUFH for the study time period. Fever was …
  • Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like Illness Outbreaks?

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    This paper describes HHC outpatient data and evaluates the performance for early influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreak detection. We compare its detection ability to that of the emergency department (ED) data and of the two data sources… read more
    … the two data sources simultaneously. … Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like …
  • 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 … RV annually causes ~600,000 deaths worldwide and ~70,000 hospitalizations in the US1. Globally, RV infection … confirmed RV activity and to characterize associated ED visits in NYC. METHODS To estimate incident winter-season …
  • Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS

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    Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more
    … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly … May 18;4(1):11. Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:26 Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS GIS …
  • 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
    … (range = 2 months to 13 years). Emergency department visits were the most common data source, used by 84%, … participation. All responses received through February 26, 2008 are included in this report. For tabulations based … Health Manag Pract 2007;13(2):194–199. http://www.jphmp.com. 18. Heffernan R, Mostashari F, Das D, et al. System …
  • 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 …
  • 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
    … testing for viral pathogens. Rapid diagnostic (RD) assays may aid in early identification and characterization of … and low rates of testing for viral pathogens. RD assays may aid in early identification and characterization of … 5/0 6 4/2 2/0 6 4/2 9/0 6 5/6 /06 5/1 3/0 6 5/2 0/0 6 5/2 7/0 6 6/3 /06 6/1 0/0 6 6/1 7/0 6 Week Ending N um be r o f …