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Automatically tracking diabetes using information in physicians’ notes
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Patient consultations recorded as voice dictations are frequently stored electronically as transcriptions in free text format. The information stored in free text is not computer tractable. Advances in artificial intelligence permit the… read more… original work is properly cited. Figure 1 Diabetes report card. Figure 2 (a) Blood pressure recorded over time for a … and nine numerical lab values. It produces a report card for every patient (Figure 1), assigns a score out of … pp 105–14. Available at http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/sites/ppmc/articles/PMC2243578/. Automatically tracking … -
A System for Surveillance Directly from the EMR
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Hospital acquired infections are a major cause of morbidity, mortality and increased resource utilization. CDC estimates that in the US alone, over 2 million patients are affected by nosocomial infections costing approximately $34.7 billion to $45… read more… data streams in a large multi-location Canadian health care facility. The system developed automatically triggers … the incidents of nosocomial infections in hospital by ward. 5 views Submitted by Magou on Tue, 06/12/2018 - 23:12 … data streams in a large multi-location Canadian health care facility. The system developed automatically triggers … -
Detection of Walkerton Gastroenteritis Outbreak Using Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Records
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In May 2000 accidental contamination of the water supply led to an outbreak of severe gastroenteritis in Walkerton Ontario, Canada. Of 1346 cases associated with exposure to Walkerton water, 65 were admitted to hospital, 27 developed Hemolytic-… read more… using their own specialized algorithms. RESULTS ER visits associated with the outbreak were highly concentrated … 400 600 800 1000 DAY 0 ER V is it s pe r da y Walkerton Site Only Exclude “Other” All Visits Exclude “Other”GI only … -
Creating a fast and flexible syndromic surveillance reporting system
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Syndromic surveillance systems significantly enhance the ability of Public Health Units to identify, quantify, and respond to disease outbreaks. Existing systems provide excellent classification, identification, and alerting functions,… read more… pandemic, a team comprised of epidemiologists, health care researchers, and NRC HCI specialists recognized the …