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

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    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
    … have implemented a centralized tracking system to store all documentation for data requests and track changes to … However, researchers are expected to abide by all provisions detailed in their DUA and by signing … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Situational Awareness Using Web-based Annotation and Custom Reporting

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    While early event detection systems aim to detect disease outbreaks before traditional means, following up on the many alerts generated by these systems can be time-consuming and a drain on limited resources. Authorized users at local, regional… read more
    … ambulance runs and the statewide poison control center. All NC DETECT Web functionality is developed in a … ambulance runs and the statewide poison control center. All NC DETECT Web functionality is developed in a … ambulance runs and the statewide poison control center. All NC DETECT Web functionality is developed in a …
  • Editorial: 2012 ISDS Conference Proceedings

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    The International Society for Disease Surveillance held its eleventh annual conference in San Diego on December 4th and 5th, 2012, under the theme Expanding Collaborations to Chart a New Course in Public Health Surveillance. During these two days,… read more
    … of visualization tools and techniques applied to a rich, de-identified set of ambulatory electronic health record … and approaches to disease surveillance. The challenge for all of us is to sustain this new energy throughout the … practices and reach out for assistance when needed. We all want to improve the health of our populations, and …
  • Improving Negation Processing in Triage Notes

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    Emergency Department (ED) triage notes are clinical notes that expand upon the chief complaint, and are included in the AHIC minimum dataset for biosurveillance.1  Clinical notes can improve the accuracy of keyword-based syndromes but require… read more
    … submitted tri- age notes, which comprised 30% of all visits for those dates. We then manually selected a … visits con- taining negated terms, from 18 of the 19 NC DE- TECT hospitals that provide triage notes (one ED had no … plan to evaluate additional modifications to the NegEx dic- tionary to fine-tune the synonyms and additional re- …
  • Canine Tick Diagnoses are a Sentinel for Tick-borne Diseases in People

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    To determine if ticks on dogs can provide early warning for tick-borne diseases in people.
    … In contrast, the 75 million dogs living in nearly half of all homes are often exposed to ticks and carry these ticks … discharge diagnoses of tick-related illnesses from all NC hospitals using an in-patient data base, and 4. … for emerging and zoonotic diseases. Vector. Zoonotic Dis. 2006; 6:14-23. [2] Carpenter CF, Gandhi TK, Kong LK, …
  • Web-Based Spatio-Temporal Display of NC DETECT Surveillance Data

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    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
    … displayed at the ZIP code of residence of each patient. Pie charts displayed on each ZIP code are used to portray …
  • Evaluating the Validity of ED Visit Data for Biosurveillance

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    The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) receives a designated set of data elements electronically available from 110 emergency departments (EDs) (98%) on at least a daily basis via… read more
    … of source data and will be complete by September 2008. All records match at least 8 fields; 97.1% at least 10 fields, and 81.6% match all 11 collected fields. For System S, 16 data elements …
  • North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System

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    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
    … of ED data to DPH, NC BEIPS will soon have data from all 114 EDs. NC BEIPS also receives data on a daily basis … of ED data to DPH, NC BEIPS will soon have data from all 114 EDs. NC BEIPS also receives data on a daily basis … HTTPS. ED medical record numbers and account numbers are de-identified using a one- way HASH algorithm, based on the …