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BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals
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BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more… the study period, 95% of these records contained a chief com- plaint, 14% a working diagnosis, and 37% a final … health emergencies. MMWR 2004;53(Suppl):53--5. [2] http://www.cdc.gov/biosense Further Information: Peter Hicks: … -
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.… Software for the spatial and space-time scan statistics. www.satscan.org, 2008 Advances in Disease Surveillance … -
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… Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD- 9-CM) 990, 508.0, 558.1, E926 and E926.9. There was a 2- to … between the time of patient visit and time when ICD-9-CM-coded final diagnoses were available. To monitor … 1. Tokars JI, Burkom H, Xing J, English R, Bloom S, Cox K, et al. Enhancing time series detection algorithms for … -
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… 2011. 2. Tokars JI, Burkom H, Xing J, English R, Bloom S, Cox K, et al. Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for … -
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… ZIP code of residence, chief complaints and ICD-9 CM-coded final diagnosis. Disposition information was … case definition that combined chief complaint and ICD-9 CM-coded information and excluded motor cycle only related …