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  • The Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI and RESP Syndromes

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. The prevalence of these sub… read more
    … and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the … department population and the performance of these CC classifiers have been little studied. Chart reviews have … by chart reviews to estimate the performance of a CC classifier.   Objective To determine the prevalence of …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the … value of New York State hospital emergency department CC classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 … York State hospital emergency department chief complaint (CC) classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 …
  • Performance Characteristics of Control Chart Detection Methods

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    To recognize outbreaks so that early interventions can be applied, BioSense uses a modification of the EARS C2 method, stratifying days used to calculate the expected value by weekend vs weekday, and including a rate-based method… read more
    … and including a rate-based method that accounts for total visits. These modifications produce lower residuals … and including a rate-based method that accounts for total visits (2). These modifications produce lower residuals … 2007; and emergency-department chief complaints (ED/CC) from 333 hospitals during February 2006-May 2007. …
  • The Use of BioSense Data for Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness

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    The BioSense system currently receives real-time data from more than 370 hospitals, as well as national daily batched data from over 1100 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. BioSense maps chief… read more
    … mapped to: 1) the same indicator (e.g., whether patient visits having a chief complaint of diarrhea also had a final … during the study period. Analyses of ED chief complaint (CC) alone were completed on 343 hospitals while analyses on … per 1000 visits (range: 115-170 among facilities) for ED CC and 120 per 1000 visits (range: 80-140) for ED final …
  • A Pilot Study of Aberration Detection Algorithms with Simulated Data

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    To evaluate four algorithms with varying baseline periods and adjustment for day of week for anomaly detection in syndromic surveillance data.   read more
    … for detecting anomalies in daily emergency depart- ment visit data for 130 hospitals with 6 syndrome categories. … adjustments for weekends. Methods: Daily chief complaint (CC) data from two New York hospital emergency departments … gastrointestinal (GI) or respiratory syndromes through NY CC syndrome classifiers. For each hospital and syndrome, the …
  • Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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    The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more
    … clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes, … clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) …
  • Burns Reported to the BioSense System During the Independence Day Holiday

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    Each year, more than two-thirds of all fireworksrelated injuries occur during June 16-July 16 [1]. During the 2006 July 4th holiday weekend, thousands of people were treated in emergency departments (EDs) for fireworks-related injuries [2]. Over 50… read more
    … receives near real-time data from >11% of total U.S. ED visits. Most data is sent to BioSense by state or local … receives near real-time data from >11% of total U.S. ED visits. Most data is sent to BioSense by state or local … July 4th, 5th, or both days. Among these four areas, burn visit counts ranged from 24 to 36 per day and rates from …
  • Representativeness of Emergency Department Data Reported to the BioSense System

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    In 2007, the CDC BioSense System received data from 450 non-federal hospitals. Hospitals provide data to Biosense based on their capability and willingness to supply electronic data. As of July 2008, Biosense is receiving data from 550 hospitals.… read more
    … 550 hospitals. The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) is an annual national probability … that collects data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits. Objective To assess the representativeness of … 550 hospitals. The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) is an annual national probability …