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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… of standardization for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these … of standardization for the content in chief complaint (CC) free-text fields may make it challenging to use these … -
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… 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, … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … -
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… (CH), and neighboring adult and pediatric primary care clinics. 11 views Submitted by Magou on Tue, 08/08/2017 … (CH), and neighboring adult and pediatric primary care clinics. … -
Technical Challenges of Syndromic Surveillance System Deployment in a Health Information Exchange
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Adoption of electronic medical records is on the rise, due to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and meaningful use incentives. Simultaneously, numerous HIE initiatives provide data sharing flexibility to… read more… provide data sharing flexibility to streamline clinical care. Due to the consolidated data availability in … provide data sharing flexibility to streamline clinical care. Due to the consolidated data availability in …