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LOINC and SNOMED CT Code Use in Electronic Laboratory Reporting - US, 2011
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Monitoring laboratory test reports could aid disease surveillance by adding diagnostic specificity to early warning signals and thus improving the efficiency of public health investigation of detected signals. Laboratory data could also be employed… read more… than reporting by other means of communication (e.g., mail, fax, etc.), ELR adoption has been systematically … than reporting by other means of communication (e.g., mail, fax, etc.), ELR adoption has been systematically … -
Post-disaster Surveillance Following the Tsunami in Japan: BioSense 2011
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The CDC's BioSense Program receives near real-time health care utilization data from a number of sources, including Department of Defense (DoD) healthcare facilities from around the globe and non-federal hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the… read more… was a 2- to 5-day lag time between the time of patient visit and time when ICD-9-CM-coded final diagnoses were … for the following keywords indicating a KI-related visit: (1) potas*, pottas*; (2) iodine, iodide; (3) KI; (4) … radiation, radeation; (5) nuclea*; (6) Japan. A given ED visit was considered a match if the content of the CC met …