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  • Optimization of Linkage between North Carolina EMS and ED Data: EMS Naloxone Cases

    Content Type: Abstract

    The opioid overdose crisis has rapidly expanded in North Carolina (NC), paralleling the epidemic across the United States. The number of opioid overdose deaths in NC has increased by nearly 40% each year since 2015.1 Critical to preventing overdose… read more
    … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these … administration in 2017 were successfully linked to an ED visit record. This study explored methods to improve EMS and … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these …
  • Identifying Emergency Department Care in the Year Prior to Suicide Death

    Content Type: Abstract

    Suicide is a leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing about 45,000 deaths annually. Research suggests that universal screening in health care settings may be beneficial for prevention, but few studies have combined detailed suicide… read more
    … Research suggests that universal screening in health care settings may be beneficial for prevention, but few … : To identify potential emergency department (ED) visits prior to suicide deaths in North Carolina (NC) and … Research suggests that universal screening in health care settings may be beneficial for prevention, but few …
  • Negation Processing in Free Text Emergency Department Data for Public Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Use Case

    Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Negation Processing in Free Text Emergency Department Data for Public Health Surveillance consultancy held January 19-20, 2017 at the University of Utah, Salt Lake… read more
    … cannot properly identify negated terms. For example, a visit is classified into a fever syndrome when the chief … cannot properly identify negated terms. For example, a visit is classified into a fever syndrome when the chief … 11:00 Moderated Group Discussion Topics TBD based on on-site discussion 12:00 Next Steps and Closing Howard Burkom …
  • Informing Public Health Prevention in NC Using Falls Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Falls are a leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injury in NC. As the size of the older adult population is predicted to increase over the next few decades, it is likely that the incidence of falls-related morbidity and mortality will increase in… read more
    … hospital discharge, and emergency department (ED) visit data, to inform falls prevention activities in North … hospital discharge, and emergency department (ED) visit data, to inform falls prevention activities in North …
  • Using State and National Surveillance Systems during World Equestrian Games in NC

    Content Type: Abstract

    North Carolina hosted the 2018 FEI WEG in Polk County at the Tryon Equestrian Center in September 2018. Polk County, located in the Mountain region of Western North Carolina, is home to 20,357 people, and the population is widely distributed. Event… read more
    … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking … Health and Mission Hospital, and reports from the on-site medical facility (MED-1) at the Tryon Equestrian … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking …
  • Data for Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented December 6, 2016 Amy Ising presented these slides during the ISDS Pre-Conference Workshop as part of the 2016 ISDS Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation provices an introduction to Syndromic Surveillance, an overview… read more
    … today with back pain. Fever/Rash GI-Severe Free Text ED visit Data  Syndrome © 2016 University of North Carolina at … NC 22 Hoverboard-related 23 Hoverboard-related Injuries CC or Triage Note Diagnosis Codes External Cause Injury Pt … Codes? ICD-10-CM Codes? Mammal Contact (ICD-9/10-CM) CC or Triage Note Diagnosis Codes External Cause Injury …
  • North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC BEIPS is a system designed and developed by the NC Division of Public Health (DPH) for early detection of disease and bioterrorism outbreaks or events. It analyzes emergency department (ED) data on a daily basis from 33 (29%) EDs in North… read more
    … (NLP) system, is applied to clean ED chief complaint (CC) data daily. Aggregate reports with cleaned CC data are now available, and evaluation of the use of … generated, providing a line listing of all the syndrome visits that contributed to the flag on that particular date. …
  • Web-Based Spatio-Temporal Display of NC DETECT Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    NC DETECT is the Web-based early event detection and timely public health surveillance system in the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. The reporting system also provides broader public health surveillance reports for… read more
    … surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma,  … College of Veterinary Medicine. Data from select urgent care centers are in pilot testing.   Objective Managers of … health surveillance reports for emergency department visits related to hurricanes, injuries, asthma, vaccine- …