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Which Sections of Electronic Medical Records Are Most Relevant for Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza- like Illness?
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Effective real-time surveillance of infectious diseases must strike a balance between reliability and timeliness for early detection. Traditional syndromic surveillance utilizes limited sections of the EMR, such as chief complaints and/or diagnosis… read more… and/or diagnosis. However, other sections of the EMR may contain more pertinent information than what is captured … in a brief chief complaint. These other EMR sections may provide relevant information earlier in the patient … after the patient’s discharge. Comprehensive analysis may identify the most relevant section of EMRs for … -
Utility of Natural Language Processing for Clinical Quality Measures Reporting
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Clinical quality measures (CQMs) are tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services. Measuring and reporting CQMs helps to ensure that our health care system is delivering effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered,… read more… percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … -
The Impact of Weather on Influenza-like Illness Rates in Chicago
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Weather events such as a heat wave or a cold snap can cause a change to the number of patients and types of symptoms seen at a healthcare facility. Understanding the impact of weather patterns on ILI surveillance may be useful for early detection… read more… the impact of weather patterns on ILI surveillance may be useful for early detection and trend analysis. In … data collected in one region to a different region, which may not share the same weather or periodic trends. By … the impact of weather patterns on ILI surveillance may be useful for early detection and trend analysis. In … -
Natural Language Processing and Technical Challenges of Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance
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Processing free-text clinical information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of ILI outbreaks. However, processing clinical text using NLP poses a challenge in preserving the semantics of… read more… information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of … information in an electronic medical record (EMR) may enhance surveillance systems for early identification of … -
Relationship Between Baseline Influenza-like Illness Rates And Healthcare Settings
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The primary goal of syndromic surveillance is early recognition of disease trends, in order to identify and control infectious disease outbreaks, such as influenza. For surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI), public health departments receive… read more… the lack of standardization of these data sources may lead to varying baseline levels of ILI activity within a … the lack of standardization of these data sources may lead to varying baseline levels of ILI activity within a … -
The Impact of Documentation Style on Influenza-Like Illness Rates in the Emergency Department
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In recent years, the threat of pandemic influenza has drawn extensive attention to the development and implementation of syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of ILI. Emergency department (ED) data are key components for syndromic… read more… for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these elements in syndromic … for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these elements in syndromic … -
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
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Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 70 Citation: Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4: 11107 … 3. www.opensource.gov. 4. hygimia69.blogspot.com. 5. www.expatica.com. 6. www.rki.de. *Emily Iarocci … tuberculosis. Respirology. 2004;9:313�9. 2. Fok A, Numata Y, Schulzer M, FitzGerald MJ. Risk factors for clustering of …