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  • Data Requests for Research: Best Practices based on the NC DETECT Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) has been collecting emergency department data in collaboration with the Carolina Center for Health Informatics in the UNC Department of Emergency Medicine since 1999. As of August 2011, there are… read more
    … NC population and captures approximately 4.5 million ED visits each year. As a result, requests for data from … NC population and captures approximately 4.5 million ED visits each year. As a result, requests for data from … tick-borne illness and asthma, and comparison of NC ED visit data to national data, among others. Because the ED …
  • Approaches to Syndromic Case Definitions for Drug Overdose Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    This focus of this webinar is to describe different syndromic surveillance approaches to drug overdose surveillance. Presenters will share how their case definitions were developed, stakeholders involved, intended audience and uses, as well as… read more
    … "  ED syndromic rapid data collection "  26 ED visits for every one OPR death !  Identify drug … substance abuse Case Definitions !  Any drug-related ED visit "  Drug overdose "  Substance abuse "  Drug not … ED visits !  Current status "  Expand testing to two more sites !  Next steps "  More broadly release to interested …
  • The Utility of Biosurveillance for Public Health Practice: The Findings from Two Case Studies

    Content Type: Abstract

    States and localities are using biosurveillance for a variety purposes including event detection, situational awareness, and response. However, little is known about the impact of biosurveillance on the operational components… read more
    … System and Tarrant County, Texas Advance Practice Center. Site visits were conducted to each of these cases in July, … individuals were interviewed from each of the case study sites in either an individual or group interview setting. …
  • Lessons Learned from the Transition to ICD-10-CM: Redefining Syndromic Surveillance Case Definitions for NC DETECT

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) Case Definitions and How They Impact MVC Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 … use of E-codes alone to capture MVC-related ED visits may result in a different picture of MVC injuries …
  • Using Business Intelligence Tools to Automate Data Capture and Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) serves public health users across NC at the local, regional and state levels, providing early event detection and situational awareness capabilities. At the… read more
    … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, … data feeds daily including emergency department (ED) visits, emergency medical service (EMS) runs, poison center … different data feeds daily including emergency department visits, emergency medical service runs, poison center calls, …
  • Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Incorporating Wildlife Data into Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS) serves public health users across North Carolina at the local, regional and state levels, providing syndromic surveillance capabilities.  At the state level,… read more
    … generated, providing a line listing of all the syndrome visits that contributed to the flag on that particular date. … The PWC defines 8 syndromes and assigns each patient visit to none, one or as many syndromes as are appropriate … The PWC is currently assigning syndromes to each visit where appropriate but are not yet providing that …