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A Controlled Vocabulary for "Reason for Visit" in Ambulatory Encounters
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Objective: To enable improved health surveillance and clinical decision support within ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.… 254 unique terms and 21,951 (3.8%) listed as “Other”. The top 10 terms captured 45%, the top 50 captured 83%, and the … are listed in the table below. Terms that correspond to all of these terms (as well as their more specific child … 7.3% 14.9% PAIN 11445 6.6% 21.4% COLD SYMPTOMS 8970 5.1% 26.6% SORE THROAT 7513 4.3% 30.9% FEVER 7080 4.1% 34.9% … -
Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition Development Using Recursive Partitioning Techniques for Highly Dimensional Databases
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Seasonal influenza accounts for a high proportion of outpatient morbidity during the winter months. However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. Electronic medical record (EMR… read more… However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. Electronic … However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. EMR systems provide … 86403 - Particle agglutination, 87070 - Skin test; TB). All other variables fell out of the analysis. Figure 1 - … -
Characterization of Patients with Clinical Features Consistent with Inhalational Anthrax in an Emergency Department Population
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The objective of this work was to elucidate clinical features for distinguishing inhalational anthrax (IA) from ED patients.… The majority of syndromic group patients admitted were due to motor vehicle accident (52%), followed by fall (10%), … REFERENCES [1] Borio L, Frank D, Mani V, et al. Death due to bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: report of … in an elderly woman, Connecticut, 2001. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:681-8. [4] Holtz TH, Ackelsberg J, Kool JL, et … -
Comparison of Ambulatory Electronic Health Record and Emergency Department Visit Log Data for Respiratory, Fever, and GI Syndromes
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This paper describes three years of electronic health record (EHR) data from a network of urban ambulatory care clinics in New York City.… in public health practice, New York City. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):858-64. Further Information: Nicholas … -
Exploring Syndrome Definition by Applying Clustering Methods to Electronic Health Records Data
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Electronic Health Record (EHR) data offers the researcher a potentially rich source of data for tracking disease syndromes. Procedures performed on the patient, medications… read more… Methods to Electronic Health Records Data Samantha F. De Leon, PhD; Nicholas Soulakis; M.S., Farzad Mostashari, … Epidem- ics (ESSENCE) were included in the analyses. All ESSENCE ICD9-CM code sets can be found at: … Suppl 1):i97-106. Further Information: Samantha F De Leon, sdeleon@health.nyc.gov Advances in Disease …