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Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments
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Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and uninsured, the cost burden of these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in EDs [1]. Of particular interest to NC state public health… read more… Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and uninsured, the cost burden of these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in … Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … -
Time of Arrival Analysis in NC DETECT to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records
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TOA identifies clusters of patients arriving to a hospital ED within a short temporal interval. Past implementations have been restricted to records of patients with a specific type of complaint. The Florida Department of Health uses TOA at the… read more… if TOA could be used for identifying clusters of ED visits not filtered by any syndrome or sub-syndrome. In other words, can TOA detect a cluster of ED visits relating to a public health event, even if symptoms … to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records … -
A Term-based Approach to Asyndromic Determination of Significant Case Clusters
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Biosurveillance systems commonly depend on free-text chief complaints (CC)s for timely situational awareness. However, diagnosis codes may not be available soon enough and may have uncertain value because they are assigned for billing purposes… read more… timely situational awareness. However, diagnosis codes may not be available soon enough and may have uncertain value because they are assigned for … timely situational awareness. However, diagnosis codes may not be available soon enough and may have uncertain … -
A Value-Driven Framework For The Evaluation Of Biosurveillance Systems
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Evaluation and strengthening of biosurveillance systems is acomplex process that involves sequential decision steps, numerous stakeholders, and requires accommodating multiple and conflicting objectives. Biosurveillance evaluation, the initiating… read more… range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the … range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the …