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  • Use of Diagnosis Code in Mental Health Syndrome Definition

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    Between 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders increased substantially. This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress reactions… read more
    … 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders … mental disorders indicates a growing burden on the health-care delivery system. New methods of surveillance are needed … systems primarily rely on patient chief complaints (CC) to monitor and detect health events. Some studies …
  • 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 … these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in EDs [1]. Of particular interest to NC state public … Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by …
  • Finding Time-of-Arrival Clusters of Exposure-Related Visits to Emergency Departments in Contiguous Hospital Groups

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    Time-of-arrival (TOA) surveillance methodology consists of identifying clusters of patients arriving to a hospital emergency department (ED) with similar complaints within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently… read more
    … within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently conducted by the Florida Department … for approximately 44% of the statewide general/acute care hospital beds and 32% of all emergency department visits statewide. We present findings from TOA monitoring in …
  • Administrative and syndromic surveillance data can enhance public health surveillance

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    Healthcare data, including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health community for multiple purposes, including programmatic and surveillance activities. These data are collected through… read more
    … including emergency department (ED) and outpatient health visit data, are potentially useful to the public health … in NSSP, and the estimated nationalp ercentage of ED visits covered by the NSSP BioSense platform is 54%. NSSP’s … additional types of healthcare visit (e.g., urgent care) data. Although NSSP is designed to support situational …
  • 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
    … The CDC's BioSense Program receives near real-time health care utilization data from a number of sources, including … The CDC’s BioSense Program receives near real-time health care utilization data from a number of sources, including … in the United States, we searched ED chief complaint (CC) data from all 635 nonfederal BioSense hospitals for the …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Bicycle Related Injuries in Boston, 2007-2010

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    In May of 2001, Boston released a strategic transportation plan to improve bicycle access and safety. [1] According to the Boston Transportation Department, ridership has increased 122% between 2007 and 2009. [2] A collaborative public health and… read more
    … possible risk factors using bicycle related injury (BRI) visits at Boston emergency departments (ED). Document … possible risk factors using bicycle-related injury (BRI) visits at Boston emergency departments (EDs). Introduction … receives information from ED visits from all 10 acute care hospitals in Boston every 24 hours. Data received …
  • Identifying Clusters of Falls During the 2007-08 Winter Season in the BioSense System

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    The purposes of this study are to identify and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season.
    … and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season. Document … and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season. … United States [1] and accounted for 21% of injury-related visits to U.S. EDs in 2005 [2]. BioSense is a national …
  • Implications of ICD-9/10 CM Transition for Public Health Surveillance: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned from Multiple Sectors of Public Health

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    This roundtable provided a forum for a diverse set of representatives from the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and promising practices regarding the potential impact of the… read more
    … the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and … state, federal, and international pub- lic health/ health care sectors to share promising practices and les- sons … the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and …