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Syndromic Surveillance for Situation Awareness: Understanding Syndrome Performance
Content Type: Abstract
The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse in Idaho was anticipated to lead to a large influx of visitors in many communities, prompting a widespread effort to assure Idaho was prepared. To support these efforts, the Idaho Syndromic Surveillance… read more… syndromic surveillance using emergency department (ED) visit data contributed to the National Syndromic … message containing information on an emergency department visit is sent to ISSp within 24 hours of the visit and includes the chief complaint for the visit. Data … -
Free-Text Mining to Improve Syndrome Definition Matching Across Emergency Departments
Content Type: Abstract
Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief… read more… Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more … -
Hypothermia/Cold Exposure - Idaho Division of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
This query is used to assess trends in hypothermia or cold exposure in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The query captures cold exposure, hypothermia, and frost bite using chief complaint, triage note, and discharge diagnosis code (ICD-… read more… in hypothermia or cold exposure in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The query captures cold exposure, … in hypothermia or cold exposure in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The query captures cold exposure, … -
Homelessness - Idaho Division of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
The homelessness syndrome was developed to identify emergency department visits in ESSENCE for patients who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. The syndrome is intended for use with chief complaint, triage notes, and discharge… read more… syndrome was developed to identify emergency department visits in ESSENCE for patients who are experiencing … syndrome was developed to identify emergency department visits in ESSENCE for patients who are experiencing …