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Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data
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Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use the patient ID, facility ID and earliest date in… read more… ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … ID occur within the same 24-hour time frame, those two visits are combined into one visit and the earliest date … ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … -
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) Case Definitions and How They Impact MVC Surveillance
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In 2012, an estimated 2.5 million people presented to the ED for a MVC injury in the U.S. National injury surveillance is commonly captured using E-codes. However, use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a… read more… use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a different picture of MVC injuries compared … use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a different picture of MVC injuries … -
Identifying Emerging Novel Outbreaks In Textual Emergency Department Data
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Typical approaches to monitoring ED data classify cases into pre-defined syndromes and then monitor syndrome counts for anomalies. However, syndromes cannot be created to identify every possible cluster of cases of relevance to public health. To… read more… would not be detected by existing syndromes. Clusters may be based on symptoms, events, place names, arrival time, … The NC DPH dataset describes 198,511 de-identified ED visits over one year at 3 North Carolina hospitals. The data … The NC DPH dataset describes 198,511 de-identified ED visits over one year at 3 North Carolina hospitals. The data … -
Lessons Learned from the Transition to ICD-10-CM: Redefining Syndromic Surveillance Case Definitions for NC DETECT
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NC DETECT receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for syndromic surveillance (e.g. infectious disease, injury, etc.). Hospitals will begin using ICD-10-CM codes on October 1, 2015. As a… read more… receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for … receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for … -
Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose
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A retrospective analysis of emergency department data in NC for drug and opioid overdoses has been explained previously [1]. We built on this initial work to develop new poisoning and surveillance reports to facilitate near real time surveillance by… read more… NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code … NC DETECT data are near real time and over 75% of ED visits receive at least one ICD-9-CM final diagnosis code … -
Improving Local Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance within a Changing Data Environment
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LHDs are operating in a changing data environment. As household telephone use declines, national surveys are not sampling large enough populations to report representative local health statistics. As a result, reliable indicators from surveys such… read more… (BRFSS) are becoming scarce. Soon, these indicators may not be sufficient for county assessments. NC DETECT … long-term indicators. The challenge for LHDs is that they may not have the knowledge, training, or technical … (BRFSS) are becoming scarce. Soon, these indicators may not be sufficient for county assessments. NC DETECT … -
Triage Notes in Syndromic Surveillance – A Double Edged Sword
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The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the hospital level and received by public health for syndromic surveillance. The triage note, a free text expansion on the chief complaint, is one of the many… read more… The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the … Wed, 09/20/2017 - 10:07 … The advent of Meaningful Use (MU) has allowed for the expansion of data collected at the …